Thanks,
can you show me how i can use now this in a script with usage of the vars? (nawk BEGIN usage?)

I want to use each element for my commands.

so for example like:

Code:

 
echo This is first line from file1 "varA[$1]" and this is the corresponding line from file2 "varB[$2]"

In your example I want to use in my script these vars: a[k]b[k]
Just don't know how to access them in the script (how to run your awk command there)

---------- Post updated 20th Sep 2011 at 02:44 PM ---------- Previous update was 19th Sep 2011 at 04:32 PM ----------

Still not able to get the wanted result... hanging still on the print issue...

With paste and without does not print out what I want...
with paste I do not see any other printouts as the files

Code:

#!/bin/sh
awk 'NR==FNR\
{
  a[++i]=$0;next
}
{
  b[++j]=$0;
}
END\
{
  for(k=1;k<=j;k++)
    {
      print COMMAND
      print a[k]
      print ("COMMAND_OPTION")
      print b[k]
    }
}' | paste file1 file2

^^ i see no COMMAND and neither COMMAND_OPTION ^^
Tried with one print and multiple
Tried with one printf and usage of both %s
with double quotes and single quotes - with brakets and w/o...
don't know why I do not see my wanted printout.

i want to get:
Thanks

---------- Post updated at 03:02 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:44 PM ----------

Code:

#!/bin/sh
awk 'NR==FNR\
{
  a[++i]=$0;next
}
{
  b[++j]=$0;
}
END\
{
  for(k=1;k<=j;k++)
    {
      print "COMMAND", a[k], "COMMANDOPTION", b[k]
    }
}' file1 file2

please help... cant get the wanted output:
---------- Post updated at 03:07 PM ---------- Previous update was at 03:02 PM ----------

^^ The print a[k]b[k] } does not work

a[k] is EMPTY
b[k] contains the information from both files!