Paste Tool

Merge lines from multiple files side by side, creating columnar output. Use for combining data from separate sources into aligned tables.

Paste - File Merging Utility

Merge corresponding lines from multiple files, separated by a configurable delimiter. Creates tabular output from separate data sources for comparison and combined analysis.

Usage

paste-tool [options] <file1> <file2>...

Options

• -d sep: Use custom delimiter (default: tab)
• -s: Serial merge (concatenate files sequentially instead of parallel)

Examples

# Merge two files side by side
paste-tool names.txt scores.txt

# Use comma delimiter
paste-tool -d ',' col1.txt col2.txt col3.txt

# Serial merge
paste-tool -s file1.txt file2.txt