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Originally Posted by wbport

If you have the same number of lines in each file and have the same number of lines in each corresponding definition, paste can create them on the same line, i.e. it creates one record with line n from each file separated with the delimiter of your choice (default is tab).

Many thanks for the answer. That is what I plan to do. The number of files in each directory is considerable but I have no choice but to use this method.

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