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Old 06-28-2010
Question to create an output file as a table

Hi,
I have four input files and would like to create an output file as a table. Please check the example below.

File 1.
Code:
111111
222222
333333
444444

File 2.
Code:
555555
666666
777777
888888

File 3.
Code:
aaaaa
bbbbb
ccccc
ddddd

File 4.
Code:
eeeee
fffff
ggggg
hhhhh

Output file.
Code:
-----------------------------
Gtt_1  | Gtt_2  | SPCa | SPCb
-----------------------------
111111  555555  aaaaa  eeeee
222222  666666  bbbbb  fffff
333333  777777  ccccc  ggggg
444444  888888  ddddd  hhhhh

Does anybody know how to do that ? My distro is IBM AIX 5.

Regards.

Last edited by Scott; 06-29-2010 at 03:17 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
# 2  
Old 06-28-2010
Code:
echo "-----------------------------
Gtt_1 | Gtt_2 | SPCa | SPCb
-----------------------------" > output 
paste file1 file2 file3 file4 >> output

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# 3  
Old 06-29-2010
Hi rdcwayx,

Your hint worked really great. Thanks a lot.
Let me know if I can help you one of these days ...
Regs,
Marcelus.
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