From 758a4d89c68698aedec1c3d078fcf2c808f01c62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jmallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 09:03:49 +0000
Subject: Add another example for using paste(1) since tjr seemed to want more
 examples on IRC.  This one is to create a colon seperated list of directories
 from find(1), suitable for use in the shell's PATH.

---
 usr.bin/paste/paste.1 | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/usr.bin/paste/paste.1 b/usr.bin/paste/paste.1
index 5fa2d8d..f8face8 100644
--- a/usr.bin/paste/paste.1
+++ b/usr.bin/paste/paste.1
@@ -123,6 +123,13 @@ Number the lines in a file, similar to
 .Xr nl 1 :
 .Pp
 .Dl "sed = myfile | paste -s -d '\et\en' - -"
+.Pp
+Create a colon-seperated list of directories named bin, suitable
+for use in the
+.Ev PATH
+environment variable:
+.Pp
+.Dl "find / -name bin -type d | paste -s -d : -"
 .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
 .Ex -std
 .Sh SEE ALSO
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