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Old 01-08-2007
combine two files

I have two files: file1 and file2

the content of files1 is:

13
22
333
42
56
55
...

the content of file2 is:
aa
dd
cc
ee
ff
gg
...

I need to creat a new files, such that the content will be:


13 aa
22 dd
333 cc
42 ee
56 ff
55 gg
...

namely each line of file1 and file2 is combine into one line accordingly.

how can I write a script to do that? thanks!
# 2  
Old 01-08-2007
$ paste -d' ' file1 file2

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ZB
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