awk help

[Simon Cox]

> How about simply using awk to read the numbers into two separate temporary
> files, then using paste to put them together.  This will do what you seem to
> be asking for if both input files have the same number of lines.
> 
> awk '{ printf ("%f\t%f\n", $1,$2) }' input_file_1 > temp_1
> awk '{ printf ("%f\t%f\n", $3,$4) }' input_file_2 > temp_2
> paste temp_1 temp_2 > output_file
> 
> This will create an output file containing the first two fields from
> input_fiel_1 and the third and fourth fields from input_file_2 on each line,
> separated by tabs.  Of course, you can edit this to reflect the proper
> input fields, separators, etc.
> 

Ah!  Now I see.  paste nee' lam.  Thanks Mike.



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