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Old 09-12-2007
Appending the two files

hi,

I want to append to two files into a third file without new line
like this:

file 1:

I am learning the unix

file 2:

Unix is very intersting

When I am trying cat file1 file2 >> file3
I am getting:

I am learning the unix
Unix is very interesting

But I want that to be in a single line, like this:

I am learning the unixUnix is very interesting.

how to acheive this..

Thanks in Advance
Harish
# 2  
Old 09-12-2007
Try...
Code:
paste file1 file2 > file3

# 3  
Old 09-12-2007
Or

echo `cat file1` `cat file2` >file3
# 4  
Old 09-13-2007
Thanks

Ygor and porter...

Your code helped me to get wht I am looking for Smilie
 
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