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Created September 5, 2012 00:49
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simple command to merge two files at line breaks using awk.
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Merge Files at Line Breaks
//Spaces between lines:
awk 'NR==FNR{a[FNR]=$0;next} {print a[FNR],$0}' file1 file2 > file3
//No spaces between lines:
awk 'NR==FNR{a[FNR]=$0;next} {print a[FNR]$0}' file1 file2 > file3
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