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# 36  
Old 03-08-2011
Note: gensub is gawk only.
Alternatively:
Code:
awk 'END{for(i=4;i<=9;i++)printf "dd%d %02d\n",i+1000,i}1' infile

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# 37  
Old 03-09-2011
how to combine 2 files become 1 file let say I've 2 input file#1 and file#2
file#1 file#2
aaaaa eeeee
bbbbb ffffffff
ccccc ggggg
ddddd hhhhh

and the output file become file#3
file#3
aaaaa eeeee
bbbbb ffffffff
ccccc ggggg
ddddd hhhhh
# 38  
Old 03-09-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by zulabc
how to combine 2 files become 1 file let say I've 2 input file#1 and file#2
file#1 file#2
aaaaa eeeee
bbbbb ffffffff
ccccc ggggg
ddddd hhhhh

and the output file become file#3
file#3
aaaaa eeeee
bbbbb ffffffff
ccccc ggggg
ddddd hhhhh
Code:
paste -d " " file1 file2 > file3

-d indicates delimeter, in your case a space, so set it according to the field seperator in your resulting output field
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# 39  
Old 03-09-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by EAGL€
Code:
paste -d " " file1 file2 > file3

-d indicates delimeter, in your case a space, so set it according to the field seperator in your resulting output field
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