join unix command

Hello,

I have for instance these 2 files :

file1
1
2
3

file2
4
5
6

Can I with join command have an output file3 like :
1 4
2 5
3 6


Thx in advance for help,

Something like this should solve what you described (this sample uses two input files A.txt and B.txt)

Code:

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#!/bin/bash   awk ' BEGIN { # load array with contens f1.txt while ( getline < "A.txt" > 0 ) { f1_counter++ f1[f1_counter] = $1 } } { # print $1 " " f1[NR] } ' B.txt

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Thx for the reply.

But I want to see if it is possible to do it with join command and it is options maybe.

Do you have an idea about it ?

for join command you need a common field present on both file

basically join will give you this

Citation:

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file1
1 A
2 B
3 C

file 2
1 E
2 F
3 G

join file1 file2
AE
BF
GC

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options of join will provide some tweak about field separators, key to use in both files, or formatting the output.

you will fine an explanation on how this work here
http://www.softpanorama.org/Tools/join.shtml

An other unix command provides what you want.

This is the paste command.

http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?paste

Code:

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sh-3.1$ cat A.txt 1 1 2 2 3 3 sh-3.1$ cat B.txt 1 A 2 B 3 C sh-3.1$ paste A.txt B.txt 1 1 1 A 2 2 2 B 3 3 3 C

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ok, thx a million for these info.

Regs,