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# 8  
Old 02-16-2010
Code:
awk 'NR==FNR{A[++i]=$1;j=1;next}{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++)printf A[j++]" ";print ""}' file1 file2

Code:
4.5454 6.46643 9.23423 15.42362
141.43535 151.35235 193.353

# 9  
Old 02-16-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
Code:
awk 'NR==FNR{A[++i]=$1;j=1;next}{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++)printf A[j++]" ";print ""}' file1 file2

Code:
4.5454 6.46643 9.23423 15.42362
141.43535 151.35235 193.353

Hmmm when I used that I got just a lot of blank space.

I just thought of another way I can do it...

For the one-column file, the numbers follow this sort of scheme:

1.242
2.2424
3.42412
4.2424
1.242
2.242
3.424

needs to be:
1.242 2.2424 3.42412 4.2424
1.242 2.242 3.424

(I need to create a new line wherever the number below the previous number is less than the one above). How would I go about doing this?

1. Maybe I should first convert the rows into columns
2. Have it read 2 fields at a time and compares them, making a new line where the succeeding number is less than the preceeding one.
# 10  
Old 02-16-2010
If you are on Solaris, use /usr/xpg4/bin/awk or nawk instead of awk.
# 11  
Old 02-16-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
If you are on Solaris, use /usr/xpg4/bin/awk or nawk instead of awk.
Worked perfectly, thanks!!!!
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