hpr0962 :: LiTS 004: paste
Merge lines of files with the paste command
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Linux in the Shell.
Linux In The Shell aims to explore the use of many commands a user can run in the Bash Shell. Tutorials include a write up with examples, an audio component about the write up, and a video component to demonstrate the usage of the command.
The website is https://www.linuxintheshell.com/
In the fourth in his series Dann, shows us the benefits of the paste command:
The paste command merges the lines of two or more files or a file and standard in if a second file is not specified or a "-" is used in place of the second file. Consider the following two files. The first file, test1.txt contains the following lines:
a
one
three
cat
good
The second file, test2.txt contains the following lines:
tuna
blue finch
dogs
fish
eats
The paste command can be used to paste these two files like so:
paste test1.txt test2.txt
producing the following output:
a tuna
one blue finch
three dogs
cat fish
good eats
Each line in test1.txt has been “pasted” to the corresponding line in test2.txt.
https://www.linuxintheshell.com/2012/04/10/episode-004-paste/ for the complete shownotes, including video.