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author | Tim J. Robbins <tjr@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-06-10 08:50:56 +0000 |
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committer | Tim J. Robbins <tjr@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-06-10 08:50:56 +0000 |
commit | 76d70052fbe5d4e1d9e9976a3a30c7159c13b459 (patch) | |
tree | ec60d9ee0e70f6f3144f0f6c420430127c051036 /usr.bin/paste/paste.1 | |
parent | e7cc3a2191f47ba549e0f61127f206ca4b246a77 (diff) | |
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Add an EXAMPLES section with three examples. Document the problem with
multibyte characters and the -d option in a BUGS section.
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=98089
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diff --git a/usr.bin/paste/paste.1 b/usr.bin/paste/paste.1 index 020fb04efb25..5fa2d8d3868b 100644 --- a/usr.bin/paste/paste.1 +++ b/usr.bin/paste/paste.1 @@ -110,6 +110,19 @@ is specified for one or more of the input files, the standard input is used; standard input is read one line at a time, circularly, for each instance of .Ql Fl . +.Sh EXAMPLES +List the files in the current directory in three columns: +.Pp +.Dl "ls | paste - - -" +.Pp +Combine pairs of lines from a file into single lines: +.Pp +.Dl "paste -s -d '\et\en' myfile" +.Pp +Number the lines in a file, similar to +.Xr nl 1 : +.Pp +.Dl "sed = myfile | paste -s -d '\et\en' - -" .Sh DIAGNOSTICS .Ex -std .Sh SEE ALSO @@ -121,3 +134,7 @@ The utility is expected to be .St -p1003.2 compatible. +.Sh BUGS +Multibyte character delimiters cannot be specified with the +.Fl d +option. |