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# 1  
Old 04-21-2011
Appending two text files
Hi,

i am using unix server and bash shell..

i have two csv files...

i have file 1 as below...
Code:
arun
bvb
ssx
ccc

and file 2 as below
Code:
manas
friu
dfgg
cat

i need to get output as below format.
Code:
arun,manas
bvb,friu
ssx,dfgg
ccc,cat

i used cat file2>> file1 and cat file1
it displayed as below format
Code:
arun
bvb
ssx
ccc
manas
friu
dfgg
cat

please anyone help me to get the desired output format....Smilie

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Last edited by zaxxon; 04-21-2011 at 04:02 AM.. Reason: code tags
# 2  
Old 04-21-2011
Code:
paste -d"," file1 file2

# 3  
Old 04-21-2011
I was going to suggest
Code:
paste file1 file2

But didnt know about -d option to introduce the commas
Cheers Franklin
# 4  
Old 04-25-2011
hi All,

Thanks for the code....

paste -d"," file1 file2 ... it works..

tan q...
 
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