topic Re: Combining files in Operating System - HP-UX

Combining files

Ted Flanders — Thu, 19 Jul 2001 16:22:33 GMT

I need help combining file1 with file2. Can someone tell me the command? I want to make file3 out of 1 & 2 and be able to go in and sort the combined info.

Re: Combining files

Patrick Wallek — Thu, 19 Jul 2001 16:27:01 GMT

This is relatively easy. Do a:

cat file1 file2 > file3

That will just combine the 2 files. If you want to sort at the same time:

cat file1 file2 | sort > file3

Re: Combining files

Ted Flanders — Thu, 19 Jul 2001 16:42:51 GMT

Thanks Patrick, I knew it was simple but I couldnt find the command quick enough. I actually used

sort -u -o file3 file2 file1

and got the desired results. The cat command is the one that I was looking for.

Re: Combining files

MANOJ SRIVASTAVA — Thu, 19 Jul 2001 16:48:20 GMT

Hi Ted

You can also append

like

cat fileA > file C
cat fileB >> file C

Manoj Srivastava

Re: Combining files

Steve Post — Fri, 20 Jul 2001 16:37:26 GMT

How about copying SIDEWAYS. To put file1 to the left, and file2 to the right you could do this:
paste file1 file2 > file3.