bug#70699: Possible bug in /usr/bin/paste

[Paul Eggert]

On 2024-05-01 09:32, Art Shelest via GNU coreutils Bug Reports wrote:
> Yes, this is the bug.
>
> Will you please fix it?

I don't see a bug here. In the POSIX world, CR is just another character 
and 'paste' is required to paste it like it would paste any other character.

As you mentioned, a simple way to fix it is to remove the CRs first, 
e.g., with the command "tr -d '\r'". In Bash:

paste <(tr -d '\r' letters.txt) <(tr -d '\r' numbers.txt)