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read input from 2 files and print them in alternate columns

Hi Frnz

Please help me out.
I have two text files.

A.txt

one
two
three
four

B.txt

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr

I need the output as

one Jan
Two Feb
Three Mar
Four Apr

How to write a script to get the output like this.

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Use paste command

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paste -d" " A.txt B.txt > c.txt
cat c.txt

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