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pinga123 07-13-2010 03:57 AM
Little scripting help required.
 
Hi , I need little help regarding my script.

I have a file called abc which looks below.

Rohan 12
Rakesh 23
Ajay 25

Another file looks like this (xyz).

Mumbai
Delhi
Madras

How would i add column mentioned in second file so that the file looks as below.
Rohan 12 Mumbai
Rakesh 23 Delhi

Tinkster 07-13-2010 04:04 AM
man paste




Cheers,
Tink

colucix 07-13-2010 04:04 AM
If the two files have the same number of rows, you can try the paste command, e.g. something like:
Code:
paste -d' ' abc xyz
by default paste uses TAB as delimiter but the -d option let you choose another one. Please, see man paste for details.

Edit: as Tinkster said a bunch of seconds ago! ;)

pinga123 07-13-2010 11:11 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by colucix (Post 4031627)
If the two files have the same number of rows, you can try the paste command, e.g. something like:
Code:
paste -d' ' abc xyz
by default paste uses TAB as delimiter but the -d option let you choose another one. Please, see man paste for details.

Edit: as Tinkster said a bunch of seconds ago! ;)
This is very helpful my problem is solved.

Tinkster 07-14-2010 12:10 AM
Please mark it as such next time. I did this time around.


Cheers,
Tink


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