Re: paste: line too long

Bob Proulx <[email protected]>
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> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=780435420-06052002>I'm getting "paste: 
> line too long" error using Unix paste and it would be great if GNU&nbsp;fixes 
> this for me.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>

I did not even double check that paste really fixes it but I am sure
it does.  Removing arbitrary limits is a goal of the GNU Project.
Here is the pertinent section of the program standards on that topic.

  http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards_13.html

Bob
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