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"content": "Write lines consisting of the sequentially corresponding lines from each FILE, separated by\nTABs, to standard output.\n\nWith no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.\n\nMandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n",
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"content": "Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later\n.\nThis is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to\nthe extent permitted by law.\n",
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"content": "Full documentation \nor available locally via: info '(coreutils) paste invocation'\n\n\n\nGNU coreutils 8.32 January 2026 PASTE(1)",
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