column handling in awk - Shell Programming and Scripting

radoulov · #5 (**permalink**) 10-10-2008

I would use Perl directly:

Code:

$ head file*
==> file1 <==
1
2
3
4
5
6

==> file2 <==
 9    66 8  a
 8    3  9  b
 66   4  25 c
 66   2  6  d 
 4    3  3  e
 4    5  45 f
$ perl -e'
  open F1,"<file1"or die$!;open F2,"<file2"or die$!;
  s/([^\s]+)\s*/<F1>/eand s/\n/\t/and print while<F2>;
  close F1;close F2'         
 1      66 8  a
 2      3  9  b
 3      4  25 c
 4      2  6  d 
 5      3  3  e
 6      5  45 f