the Unix paste command<\/a>, which came to my rescue. (That link is to the very first Google result – no research or careful review.)<\/p>\n* No doubt those conversations will crop up, but I’m in course slide hell at the moment so don’t expect much response from me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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