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Old 03-10-2008
aside from paste

how can i make a script or command to have output like this
$cat file
10000 20000

$cat a
10000
$cat b
20000

this is the solution paste a b > file
but another solution?

$cat file
10000 20000
# 2  
Old 03-10-2008
why not paste ??

anyway, how about:

Code:
#  cat a b | tr "\n" " "
10000 20000

# 3  
Old 03-10-2008
think this is as short as I can get

Code:
#  fmt a b
10000 20000

Smilie
# 4  
Old 03-11-2008
cool thanks
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