On Thu, 9 Jun 2016 15:19:57 -0400 Mike Williams <dmikewilliams at gmail.com> wrote: > > From: Indunil Jayasooriya <indunil75 at gmail.com> > > > > > > > > > [root at centos67 loop]# cat file1 > > > > firstname1 > > > > firstname2 > > > > > > > > [root at centos67 loop]# cat file2 > > > > lastname1 > > > > lastname2 > > > > > > > > I need a OUTPUT like this > > > > > > > > > > > > *firstname1 lastname1firstname2 lastname2* > > > > > > > > > > > > But I try the below command , i get below output. what is the real > > command > > > > to get the above output > > > > > > > > > > > > > [root at centos67 loop]# for line1 in $(cat file1 ); do for line2 in > > $(cat > > > > file2 ); do echo "$line1" "$line2";done;done; > > > > firstname1 lastname1 > > > > firstname1 lastname2 > > > > firstname2 lastname1 > > > > firstname2 lastname2 > > > > > > > > > > > > And also, I created a file3 like this > > > > > > > > [root at centos67 loop]# cat file3 > > > > firstname1 lastname1 > > > > firstname2 lastname2 > > > > > > > > How can I get the same OUTPUT ? > > > > > > > > > > > > *firstname1 lastname1firstname2 lastname2* > > > > > > > > scott at viviotech.net suggested this: > > > There's probably a better way using join, but this should do the trick: > > > paste <(cat file1 | tr "\n" ' ') <(cat file2 | tr "\n" " ") > > I'd never used the paste command before, so I tried the above oneliner out > and it did not work on my system. It printed all of file1 followed by all > of file2. > > An altered version of the paste command did work on my centos 7 system. > > paste -d' ' file1 file2 > Assuming the OP example output was a typo and there should be a space > between the contents of file1 and file2. > Otherwise remove or change the -d' ' > > Mike > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Total Control Panel > https://asp.reflexion.net/history-detail?hID=15302122680 Interesting, I don't have the same experience: cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511 (Core) [PEXPECT]$ paste -d' ' /tmp/file1 /tmp/file2 firstname1 lastname1 firstname2 lastname2 [PEXPECT]$ paste <(cat /tmp/file1 | tr "\n" ' ') <(cat /tmp/file2 | tr "\n" ' ') firstname1 firstname2 lastname1 lastname2 -- Nothing Whitty