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Old 04-22-2008
To cut entire column from a file and apend it to another file as another column
file1.txt :
india pakistan bangladesh
japan canada africa
USA srilanka Nepal

file2.txt
Delhi
Tokyo
washington

I have to cut the first column of file1.txt and apend it with file2.txt as another column like this

Delhi india
Tokyo japan
washington USA

Anyone one please say me the syntax for the above .
Last edited by sakthifire; 04-22-2008 at 09:46 AM..
# 2  
Old 04-22-2008
A possible way :
Code:
awk '{print $1}' file1.txt | paste -d' ' file2.txt -

awk can replaced by cut :
Code:
cut -d' ' -f1 file1.txt  | paste -d' ' file2.txt -

Jean-Pierre.
# 3  
Old 04-22-2008
in a single command
Code:
awk 'BEGIN{ while ( getline < "secondfile" ) { arr[i++]=$0 } }{ print arr[j++], $1 }' firstfile

# 4  
Old 04-23-2008
Thank you ...
Its working fine...
# 5  
Old 06-25-2008
It's Simple Buddy
Quote:
Originally Posted by sakthifire
file1.txt :
india pakistan bangladesh
japan canada africa
USA srilanka Nepal

file2.txt
Delhi
Tokyo
washington

I have to cut the first column of file1.txt and apend it with file2.txt as another column like this

Delhi india
Tokyo japan
washington USA

Anyone one please say me the syntax for the above .
Just Use Simple Cmd :
First Cut fhe first field of first file
$ cut -d' ' -f1 <first filename> > tmpfirst
$ cut -d' ' -f2 <second filename> > tmpsecond
$ paste tmpfirst tmpsecond > newfile
 (-f1 means first field , -f2 means second field)
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