How to print different colums of different files in one file.

kirteshmiet · 04-19-2015, 04:47 AM

Hi All,

I want to print different colums of different files in one file as the orignal column position by using linux commands such as sed awk etc. here is the example i am giving please help.

Suppose i have one file 1.txt as
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4

and i have another file 2.txt as
5 6 7 8
5 6 7 8

so i want to print column 1 from 1.txt and column 3 from 2.txt in a different file.

and output file should look like this
1 7
1 7

thanks a lot.

grail · 04-19-2015, 05:09 AM

Sounds like a plan ... what have you tried?

danielbmartin · 04-19-2015, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kirteshmiet

... and output file should look like this

Code:

1 7
1 7

Consider using paste to combine the files and then cut to isolate the desired columns.

Daniel B. Martin