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gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import sys

texts = [ open(filename).read().split() for filename in sys.argv[1:]]
maxlength  = [ max(map(len, t)) for t in texts ]
for line in zip(*texts):
   print("".join([ line[n] + " " * (maxlength[n] - len(line[n]) + 1) for n in range(len(line)) ]))