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| author |   jmc <jmc@openbsd.org> | 2006-01-04 16:15:05 +0000 |
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| committer | jmc <jmc@openbsd.org> | 2006-01-04 16:15:05 +0000 |
| commit | 695fe63e39f4553511a09321769dc257cc11a2bf (patch) | |
| tree | 79e9e7b46673abc0c76eeeafe29540d682782498 /usr.bin/paste | |
| parent | Fix a mem leak of the unusual kind. In some cases a new aspath was added (diff) | |
| download | wireguard-openbsd-695fe63e39f4553511a09321769dc257cc11a2bf.tar.xz wireguard-openbsd-695fe63e39f4553511a09321769dc257cc11a2bf.zip | |
add an EXAMPLES section adapted from freebsd's page,
courtesy of ray lai;
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/paste')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/paste/paste.1 | 28 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/paste/paste.1 b/usr.bin/paste/paste.1 index 3a67e305564..e17786fb2b2 100644 --- a/usr.bin/paste/paste.1 +++ b/usr.bin/paste/paste.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: paste.1,v 1.7 2003/06/03 02:56:14 millert Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: paste.1,v 1.8 2006/01/04 16:15:05 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. .\" All rights reserved. @@ -111,6 +111,32 @@ for each instance of The .Nm paste utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred. +.Sh EXAMPLES +List the files in the current directory in three columns: +.Pp +.Dl "$ ls | paste - - -" +.Pp +Combine pairs of lines from +.Ar file +into single lines: +.Pp +.Dl "$ paste -s -d '\et\en' file" +.Pp +Number the lines in +.Ar file , +similar to +.Ql cat -n : +.Pp +.Dl "$ sed = file | paste -s -d '\et\en' - -" +.Pp +Create a colon-separated list of directories named +.Pa bin , +suitable +for use in the +.Ev PATH +environment variable: +.Pp +.Dl "$ find / -name bin -type d | paste -s -d : -" .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr cut 1 .Sh STANDARDS |