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Old 03-12-2013
Combining two files line by line
Hello guys, I have a problem with two text files. I want to join them line by line with a bash script if it is possible. I think an example will be much clear;

Code:
FILE 1
314.01  83.826
52.43   79.544
316.36  45.283
351.15  87.503

FILE 2
140.323 84.918
130     78.256
120     77.603
118     79.047

I want the output like below:

OUTPUT
314.01  83.826
140.323 84.918
52.43   79.544
130     78.256
316.36  45.283
120     77.603
351.15  87.503
118     79.047

I hope it is clear with the example. Both of the files are more than 500 lines long so it is really much appreciated if you can find an easy solution.

Thanks
# 2  
Old 03-12-2013
Code:
paste -d\\n file1 file2

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# 3  
Old 03-12-2013
with awk
Code:
awk '{print ;getline<"file2"; print $0}' file1

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# 4  
Old 03-12-2013
Yes, or:
Code:
awk '1;getline<"file2"' file1

# 5  
Old 03-12-2013
Thank you @radoulov and @pamu, both methods worked great. Smilie
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