Linux paste Command

What is Linux paste Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use paste command in Linux. paste command is paste - merge lines of files.

paste Syntax#

paste [OPTION]... [FILE]...

paste Examples#

paste Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of paste command. paste command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for paste command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man paste

To open info page for paste command we can use command below.

info paste

To open help page from paste command we can run command below.

paste --help

Linux paste Command Source Code#

You can find paste command source code from the folowing repositories:

• paste source code on GitHub
• paste source code on GNU Savannah cgit
• paste source code on GNU Savannah gitweb

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use paste in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.