Pasting two files with equal number of records

[billbose]

Hi awk gurus,

I have 2 files with equal number of records with different sizes.
example is as follows:
1st file:
111111111111111
11111111
111
1111111111111

2nd file:
2222222
2222
222222
22222222222

Using the unix paste command i get the undesired o/p as follows.
Undesired output:
111111111111111 2222222
11111111 2222
111 222222
1111111111111 22222222222

But my desired output would be:

1111111111111112222222
111111112222
111222222
111111111111122222222222

Pls help.
TIA.
Regards,
Bill

 

[gregor weertman]

awk 'BEGIN{
while( getline < 111) {
arr[ ++ii] = $1
}
}
{
print arr[ NR] $1
}' 222

Succes Bill Gregor.Weertman@mailcity.com