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Old 09-28-2010
Formatting

Is there a way to make a 2 column output out of the following :

1
2
3
4
5
6

Output :

1 2
3 4
5 6


Thanks,
Prasanna
# 2  
Old 09-28-2010
Code:
paste - - < infile
xargs -n2 < infile

# 3  
Old 09-28-2010
Thanks.

Can paste be made to accept input from a pipe rather than from a file?

---------- Post updated at 09:16 PM ---------- Previous update was at 09:14 PM ----------

Thanks, I found out how.

It is paste - -. Sorry.
# 4  
Old 09-29-2010
Minor point
paste - - < infile
The output delimiter is a TAB character.

xargs -n2 < infile
The output delimiter is a SPACE character.


Therefore only the "xargs" solution matches your requirement.
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