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Old 01-08-2007
Tools Need a Help with paste 2 files since the output is not what i want
Need a Help with paste 2 files since the output is not what i want ie: i have 2 files

pwd
/home/pavargaz/alejo/scan01/nokia/2006/abril/bavaria/chu0
$ cat filechu
chu0

dia Cantidad

01 257
02 262
03 260
04 58

$pwd
/home/pavargaz/alejo/scan01/nokia/2006/abril/bavaria/chu1
$ cat filechu
chu1

dia Cantidad

01 257
02 262
03 260
04 283
05 253
06 122
The problem is when i merge these 2 files the output is not what i want sice the content of file1 is not alignned

$ paste -d"\t\n" `cat file0 file1`
chu0 chu1

dia Cantidad dia Cantidad

01 257 01 257
02 262 02 262
03 260 03 260
04 58 04 283
05 253
06 122

$the output should be

dia Cantidad dia Cantidad

01 257 01 257
02 262 02 262
03 260 03 260
04 58 04 283
05 253
06 122
# 2  
Old 01-08-2007
make clear your requirement.
# 3  
Old 01-08-2007
Tools Output 2 files horizontally with paste command
i run this commad, so the output is displayed:
paste ./chu0/filechu ./chu1/filechu
chu0 chu1
dia Cantidad dia Cantidad

01 257 01 257
02 262 02 262
03 260 03 260
04 58 04 283
05 253
06 122
The rows 5 and 6 are not aligned, they must be aligned right to file ./file1/filechu, because the content of ./chu1/filechu is:

chu1
dia Cantidad
01 257
02 262
03 260
04 283
05 253
06 122

Hpoe your help. Thanks
# 4  
Old 01-09-2007
I am using bash oriented shell in suse.I tried out your scenarion and is seems to be working as you intend.i tried the command
`paste filechu1 filechu2` inwhich filechu1 & filechu2 are text files with the same contents as you posted.I got the output as aligned.So pls let me know your environment.
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