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Old 11-12-2013
Output variable side by side

how do you display variable that contain multi line side by side dynamically without knowing the number of variable and line for each variable ?

Example
echo $a
Code:
a
b
c

echo $b
Code:
1
2
3

echo $c
Code:
q
w
e

how to output the result in
Code:
a 1 q
b 2 w
c 3 e


Last edited by Don Cragun; 11-13-2013 at 06:02 AM.. Reason: Add CODE tags.
# 2  
Old 11-12-2013
If you have a recent bash, try
Code:
paste <(echo "$a") <(echo "$b") <(echo "$c")
a    1    q
b    2    w
c    3    e


Last edited by RudiC; 11-12-2013 at 06:49 AM.. Reason: typo
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# 3  
Old 11-12-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
If you have a recent bash, try
Code:
paste <(echo "$a") <(echo "$b") <(echo "$c")
a    1    q
b    2    w
c    3    e

hi thx for the reply but for some reason the output got cut off for $a
# 4  
Old 11-13-2013
If the above posted solution is not working then create three temp file and pass it to the paste command.
Code:
$echo "$a" > t1
$ echo "$b" > t2
$ echo "$c" > t3
$ paste t1 t2 t3
a       1       p
b       2       q
c       3       r

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