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Old 03-15-2011
writing the content of two files to a single file horizontally
Hi all,

assume that i am having two files file.1 and file.2

these are the contents of file.1

Quote:
Dinesh
Ganesh
Anish
Dev
Jagan
Gopi
these are the contents of file.2

Quote:
admin
engineer
ceo
doctor
press
operation
i want these two contents to be written in another single file like this.

Quote:
Dinesh admin
Ganesh engineer
Anish ceo
Dev doctor
Jagan press
Gopi operation
can you please post your suggestions.

Thanks in advance,
Anish
# 2  
Old 03-15-2011
Check out the paste command.
# 3  
Old 03-15-2011
Hi,

use the following command for this in this given formate.
Code:
paste file1 file2 > file3

file3 is the correct file of your requirement.

regards
rajesh
Last edited by radoulov; 03-15-2011 at 12:15 PM.. Reason: Code tags, please!
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anishkumarv
# 4  
Old 03-15-2011
Hi,

Thanks that works
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