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# 1  
Old 12-18-2012
Merging two text files side by side
Hi everyone,

I need to merge two files side by side

The files look something like this:
Code:
HOSTNAME
 fishtornado-K52F 127.0.1.1
UPTIME
 20:17:01 up 2:19, 3 users, 
 load average: 0.00, 0.04, 0.05
DISK USAGE
 (Size/Used/Avail/Use%)
 29G 6.5G 21G 25%
RUN QUEUE
  PID COMMAND         USER     %CPU %MEM
 2035 chromium-browse 1000      3.1 10.8
 1955 chromium-browse 1000      1.9  2.5
 1708 gnome-shell     1000      1.5  2.5
 1195 Xorg            root      1.3  0.6
 2614 chromium-browse 1000      1.0  1.5

The desirable output would be something similar to this:
Code:
HOSTNAME	                                HOSTNAME
 fishtornado-K52F 127.0.1.1	                 fishtornado-K52F 127.0.1.1
UPTIME	                                        UPTIME
 21:06:05 up 3:08, 3 users, 	                 21:06:08 up 3:08, 3 users, 
 load average: 0.05, 0.04, 0.05	                 load average: 0.05, 0.04, 0.05
DISK USAGE	                                DISK USAGE
 (Size/Used/Avail/Use%)	                         (Size/Used/Avail/Use%)
 29G 6.5G 21G 25%	                         29G 6.5G 21G 25%
RUN QUEUE	                                RUN QUEUE     
  PID COMMAND         USER     %CPU %MEM          PID COMMAND         USER     %CPU %MEM
 2035 chromium-browse 1000      2.5  9.5	 2035 chromium-browse 1000      2.5  9.5
 1955 chromium-browse 1000      2.3  2.6	 1955 chromium-browse 1000      2.3  2.6
 4584 chromium-browse 1000      2.2  1.9	 4584 chromium-browse 1000      2.2  1.9
 1708 gnome-shell     1000      1.6  2.5	 1708 gnome-shell     1000      1.6  2.5
 1195 Xorg            root      1.4  0.6	 1195 Xorg            root      1.4  0.6

I tried using the paste command and various awk scripts but the rows always came out to be scrambled.

Like this (result of paste):
Code:
HOSTNAME	HOSTNAME
 fishtornado-K52F 127.0.1.1	 fishtornado-K52F 127.0.1.1
UPTIME	UPTIME
 21:06:05 up 3:08, 3 users, 	 21:06:08 up 3:08, 3 users, 
 load average: 0.05, 0.04, 0.05	 load average: 0.05, 0.04, 0.05
DISK USAGE	DISK USAGE
 (Size/Used/Avail/Use%)	 (Size/Used/Avail/Use%)
 29G 6.5G 21G 25%	 29G 6.5G 21G 25%
RUN QUEUE	RUN QUEUE
  PID COMMAND         USER     %CPU %MEM	  PID COMMAND         USER     %CPU %MEM
 2035 chromium-browse 1000      2.5  9.5	 2035 chromium-browse 1000      2.5  9.5
 1955 chromium-browse 1000      2.3  2.6	 1955 chromium-browse 1000      2.3  2.6
 4584 chromium-browse 1000      2.2  1.9	 4584 chromium-browse 1000      2.2  1.9
 1708 gnome-shell     1000      1.6  2.5	 1708 gnome-shell     1000      1.6  2.5
 1195 Xorg            root      1.4  0.6	 1195 Xorg            root      1.4  0.6

Thank you in advance for your help.
# 2  
Old 12-18-2012
How about...
The following example was done with only one sample file. In your case, you would not re-use filenames -- your paste command would be files __32a and __33 (for instance).

Code:
$ cat sample32.txt
Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [939] milliseconds.
Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [981] milliseconds.
Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [447] milliseconds.
Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [93] milliseconds.
Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [123] milliseconds.
Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [124] milliseconds.
Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [89] milliseconds.
Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [124] milliseconds.
Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [103] milliseconds.
Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [167] milliseconds.
Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [179] milliseconds.
Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [2498] milliseconds.
Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [2505] milliseconds.

$ awk '{printf "%-90s\n",$0}' <sample32.txt >sample32a.txt


$ paste sample32a.txt sample32.txt
Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [939] milliseconds.          Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [939] milliseconds.
Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [981] milliseconds.          Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [981] milliseconds.
Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [447] milliseconds.          Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [447] milliseconds.
Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [93] milliseconds.           Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [93] milliseconds.
Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [123] milliseconds.          Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [123] milliseconds.
Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [124] milliseconds.          Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [124] milliseconds.
Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [89] milliseconds.           Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [89] milliseconds.
Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [124] milliseconds.          Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [124] milliseconds.
Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [103] milliseconds.          Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [103] milliseconds.
Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [167] milliseconds.          Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [167] milliseconds.
Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [179] milliseconds.          Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [179] milliseconds.
Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [2498] milliseconds.         Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [2498] milliseconds.
Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [2505] milliseconds.         Received message from [https://www.abc.zzz] in [2505] milliseconds.

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# 3  
Old 12-18-2012
Linux Solution
Read line from file1 then read line from file2Strcat the two to one line and output to file3
Rinse and repeat until eof


-Chris
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# 4  
Old 12-18-2012
Code:
awk '{getline p<f; printf "%50-s%50-s\n",$0,p}' f=file2 file1

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 12-18-2012 at 04:58 PM..
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# 5  
Old 12-18-2012
Thank you for the quick replies, this was exactly what I was looking for Smilie
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