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Adding Multiple Files via Columns

I have a number of files with multiple rows that I need to add together.
Let say I have 10 files:

Quote:

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J.

Each file has a great number of rows and columns. I need to add these files together the following way.

Quote:

ABCDEFGHIJ

In other words, If, for example, file A occupies Columns 1 to 19, I want to add file B from column 20 to let �s say column 39 or whatever column it may be, then add file C from the end of file B to the next available bank column and so on until all the files are added.

Quote:

When I use this script:
while read line
do
sort -u $line >> file
for i in $line
do
awk '{print $0}' file >> file.xls
done
done<laf

I get this,

Quote:

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J

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