how will i combine these 2 files below, with the desired output
specified below:

file1:
one
two
three
four

file2:
red
blue
yellow
green

file3:
aaa
bbb
ccc
ddd

desired output: (columns separated by tab)
file4:

one red aaa
two blue bbb
three yellow ccc
four green ddd

this is not a homework....job-related...
thanks,
alex

here is a shot in the dark. with out busting into perl or somethign (which i dont know)

would this logic work?

3 arrays (one for each file)
stuff the namespaces in the arrays with contents of the files.
spit out each namespace 1 at a time with a for or while loop. incrementing the array element at the end of each loop.

paste file1 file2 file3



HTH

talk about an easy solution.


memo to self. man paste