topic Join two Files in Operating System - Linux

Join two Files

Renjus — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 06:11:47 GMT

Hi

I have 2 file

cat f1
1
2
3

cat f2
sun
mon
tue
wen

i want the out put as third file f3 with no tab in between "1" "sun"
#cat f3
1 sun
2 mon
3 tue

I used paste command as given below
#/usr/bin/paste -d\\ f1 f2 > /home/f3

Iam getting the req output,

#/usr/bin/paste -d\\ /home/f1 /home/f2 > /home/f3

but wen i used above command(the path of the file included), iam getting error.

Will anyone help me to solve this problem by using the path or any other command for joining two file without tab

Re: Join two Files

Matti_Kurkela — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 06:53:00 GMT

With a space instead of TAB:
paste -d " " f1 f2

With no character at all:
paste -d "" f1 f2

MK

Re: Join two Files

Renjus — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:39:31 GMT

Dear Friend is that possible With out space,
is any command for that?

Re: Join two Files

Wilfred Chau_1 — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:08:59 GMT

you're escaping the escape character "\"

try use only one "\" following by a space.
#/usr/bin/paste -d\ /home/f1 /home/f2 > /home/f3

I personally would use -d " " instead.

Re: Join two Files

Raj D. — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:05:49 GMT

Tinu,

>..is that possible With out space,
is any command for that:

- Yes , check this out: this is without inserting a space

# paste f1 f2 | awk '{print $1,$2}' > f3

Enjoy, Have fun!,
Raj.