For example:
abc
xyz
123
546
input.txt:
asdad
asdad
adghf
dfytr
I wanted to add the above column in 2nd column. The expected output is given below.
output.txt:
asdad abc
asdad xyz
adghf 123
dfytr 567
For example:
abc
xyz
123
546
input.txt:
asdad
asdad
adghf
dfytr
I wanted to add the above column in 2nd column. The expected output is given below.
output.txt:
asdad abc
asdad xyz
adghf 123
dfytr 567
paste
is the easiest solution. Here's an awk example that doesn't have to store the entire first file in memory:
awk '{getline second < "example"; printf("%s\t%s\n",$0,second)}' input.txt
The command you're looking for is paste
rather than awk
. You could do it in awk
but you'll probably find that paste
is easier:
pax> cat qq1
asdad
asdad
adghf
dfytr
pax> cat qq2
abc
xyz
123
546
pax> paste qq1 qq2
asdad abc
asdad xyz
adghf 123
dfytr 546
Use paste -d' ' qq1 qq2
if you want a space rather than a tab for the delimiter.
You can use just bash
exec 4<file2
while read -r line1
do
read -r line2 <&4
echo $line $line2
done < file1
exec 4>&-
In awk:
awk 'NR==FNR {x[NR] = $0} NR != FNR {print x[FNR], $0}' col1_file col2_file
Though its probably better to use paste