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What does pr -m -t mean? I managed to find out that -t suppresses headers and footers. What does -m mean specifically?

Jeff Schaller
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pr -m merges the files it’s processing, one per column:

$ pr -m <(seq 1 100) <(seq 101 200) | head


2021-11-30 15:16                                                  Page 1


1                                   101
2                                   102
3                                   103
4                                   104
5                                   105
Stephen Kitt
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