join lines from two files - Unix ksh

[nsivas]

I want to join all the lines of two different files in order. ie.,1st line of the file1 will be joined to the first line of the file2 and second line of the file1 to second line of the file2 and vice versa, the ouput has to be moved to another file.

Please help me in this.

Thanks
Siva

 

[chenn]

If these lines have something in common (a field) you can use join <file1> <file2>, look at the manpages.
If the files have nothing in common, you must write a script (perl,awk,bash).

regards
chenn

 

[jad]

awk won't do it easily, nawk (on solaris ) or gawk will do it if you use getline ...

however these will be harder if there are spaces on each of the lines ...

perl is your easiest bet if you have it and want to use it ...

all of these solutions are a lot easier if the files are of equal length ... but i recomend perl.

 

[nsivas]

For this Tony sent me a very usefull reply:

#!/bin/sh

cat /tmp/a | sed -n '1p' >> d
cat /tmp/b | sed -n '1p' >> d

where a, b and d are files

Please help me to convert this script in to the entire file.
Can I use looping logic?

Thanks

Siva

 

[jad]

see your other one ...

 

[nsivas]

The script is completed:

total=23
m=1
n=1
while (( $total >= $m ))
do
cat $HOME/file1 | sed -n &quot;$m&quot;p >> file3
cat $HOME/file2 | sed -n &quot;$n&quot;p >> file3
(( m = $m + 1 ))
(( n = $n + 3 ))
done

Thanks Tik-tips

Siva

 

[ElgisRamon]

The answer is somewhere around...

 

[ElgisRamon]

You can find some easy answer in another post in THIS forum.