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Old 10-13-2005
How to add fields in a file

Hi all!

I have two files containing one field each.
The fields consist of numbers separated in records e.g.

file1.dat

1657
2345
5678
5676
7978

7856
5686
5676
8990
.
.
.
etc

file2.dat
8764
6576
8785
5689
8678

6785
3597
9874
7856
.
.
.
. etc

I want to produce a third file wich contains fields from both files. The result should come out like:

file3.dat (file1.dat + file2.dat)

1657 8764
2345 6576
5678 8785
5676 5689
7978 8678

7856 6785
5686 3597
5676 9874
8990 7856
# 2  
Old 10-13-2005
paste file1.dat file2.dat
# 3  
Old 10-13-2005
huh, no sweat!

Incredible how easy something can turn out to be.
I feel embarrassed to have posted this thread, but posted is posted.....
Thanks alot Perderabo!

regards
bjorb
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