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# 1  
Old 04-07-2009
Get data from two text file in one loop
Hi all

I have two file that contain different data.I want to get each file data line by line in one loop.i try with cat but cat works ok against one file

File a

23
34
45

File b
abc
xyz
cgh

now i want like this in a loop.Below is just example.i am doing some thing smiler.can any one guide me.

ls $filea $fileb
# 2  
Old 04-08-2009
you mean this??
Code:
ls `paste -d" " file1 file2`

# 3  
Old 04-08-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by aliahsan81
Hi all

I have two file that contain different data.I want to get each file data line by line in one loop.i try with cat but cat works ok against one file

File a

23
34
45

File b
abc
xyz
cgh

now i want like this in a loop.Below is just example.i am doing some thing smiler.can any one guide me.

ls $filea $fileb
Post your sample output....
# 4  
Old 04-08-2009
Actually i mean that

paste file1 file2 | while read a b
do
echo $a $b
done
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