On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 04:55:13PM -0500, Tong wrote: > $ seq 10 | paste -sd " \n" > 1 2 3 4 > 5 6 7 8 > 9 10 > > >From the man page: > > -d, --delimiters=LIST > reuse characters from LIST instead of TABs > > But I don't understand why more space in delimiter list would produce > different results. Please explain.
Maybe these examples will make it clear: $ seq 10 | paste -sd "ABC" 1A2B3C4A5B6C7A8B9C10 $ seq 10 | paste -sd "ABC\n" 1A2B3C4 5A6B7C8 9A10 `paste' always uses ONE character as delimiter. When you specify more than one character `paste' will cycle through them. In your last example, it uses a space as the delimiter for the first three columns and a newline for the fourth. -- Maurits van Rees | http://maurits.vanrees.org/ [Dutch/Nederlands] Public GnuPG key: keyserver.net ID 0x1735C5C2 "Let your advance worrying become advance thinking and planning." - Winston Churchill
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