Append columns from one file to the end of another 2

[ericpatton]

I have two files; I want to append the two columns of data that exist in file2 at the end of file1. So, if file 1 has 10 fields of data, the columns 1 and 2 from file2 would now become fields 11 and 12 in file1. All fields from file1 remain unchanged.

Thanks!

 

[feherke]

Hi

awk 'NR==FNR{r[NR]=$0;next}{print r[FNR],$0}' file_11-12 file_1-10

But may be easier with [tt]paste[/tt] :

paste file_1-10 file_11-12

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[PHV]

In an *nix shell:
pr -t -m -s' ' file1 file2 > newfile

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[feherke]

Hi

Ahh, that is ! I remembered that you know another simple command for this.

Now I will try Tek-Tips My Archive feature.

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/