file formatting via shell scripting

athreyavc · 10-09-2007, 01:49 AM

Hi All ,

I have 2 files

file 1

ram 25y BAL
sham 24y NY

file 2

100
200

I want a resultant file that should be in this format

ram 25y BAL 100
ram 25y BAL 200

can this be done in shell scripting ?

Please help me out

Best Regatds,

Athreya

radoulov · 10-09-2007, 02:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by athreyavc

I have 2 files

file 1

ram 25y BAL
sham 24y NY

file 2

100
200

I want a resultant file that should be in this format

ram 25y BAL 100
ram 25y BAL 200
[...]

Assuming the output should be:

Code:

ram 25y BAL 100
sham 24y NY 200

Code:

paste -d" " file1 file2

otherwise (if the output should be really as shown):

Code:

printf "$(read a b c<file1;printf "%s" "$a $b $c") %s\n" $(<file2)

athreyavc · 10-09-2007, 03:55 AM

Thank you radoulov

That indeed helped a lot , I did know the option with the paste command

Thanks a million

Best Regards,

Athreya