paste several files

Hi everybody:
I tried to paste several files which have the same pattern name file like this:

down_s1.dat, down_s2.dat, down_s3.dat, down_s4.dat ... down_s10.dat

So I have tried to do it as:

paste down_s[1-10].dat > final.dat

But it does not work correctly.

Any suggestion. Thanks in advance. :stuck_out_tongue:

paste down_s[1-10].dat > final.dat

paste down_s*.dat > final.dat

cheers,
Devaraj Takhellambam