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# 1  
Old 03-04-2009
appending column file
Hi all,
I have two files with the same number of lines
the first file is a.dat and looks like
0.000 1.000
1.000 2.000
...
the fields are tab separated

the second file is b.dat and looks like
1.2347 0.546
2.3564 0.321
...
the fields are tab separated

I would like to have a file c.dat which is
0.000 1.000 1.2347 0.546
1.000 2.000 2.3564 0.321
...

with the fileds tab separated

Thank you for your help
Sarah
# 2  
Old 03-04-2009
look into 'man paste'
# 3  
Old 03-04-2009
Hi,

paste -d "\t" a.dat b.dat > c.dat

Thanks
Sha
# 4  
Old 03-04-2009
Hammer & Screwdriver
Take a look at the paste command; it does what I think you are looking to accomplish.
As in
Code:
paste -d"\t" file1 file2 >file3

# 5  
Old 03-05-2009
thank you it worked!
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