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bug#22001: Is it possible to tab separate concatenated files?
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Assaf Gordon |
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bug#22001: Is it possible to tab separate concatenated files? |
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Mon, 23 Nov 2015 17:02:44 -0500 |
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Hello Kim,
On 11/23/2015 03:50 PM, Macdonald, Kim - BCCDC wrote:
I’m just looking at the options for the cat command – I see there’s a
way to ignore tabs when they exist – but is there a way to tab
separate the files you’re concatenating with the cat command?
It is unclear (to me) what you're trying to achieve - could provide a bit more
details (perhaps a short example) ?
If you have a file (one file) with spaces and you wish to convert them to tabs,
consider the 'expand' command (then pipe to 'cat' if needed).
If you have multiple files and you wish to print them side-by-side, separated
by tabs (as opposed to one-after-the-other, as with 'cat'),
consider using 'paste':
$ cat 1.txt
a
b
c
d
$ cat 2.txt
1
2
3
4
$ cat 3.txt
w
x
y
z
$ paste 1.txt 2.txt 3.txt
a 1 w
b 2 x
c 3 y
d 4 z
regards,
- assaf
- bug#22001: Is it possible to tab separate concatenated files?, Macdonald, Kim - BCCDC, 2015/11/23
- bug#22001: Is it possible to tab separate concatenated files?,
Assaf Gordon <=
- bug#22001: Is it possible to tab separate concatenated files?, Assaf Gordon, 2015/11/23
- bug#22001: Is it possible to tab separate concatenated files?, Macdonald, Kim - BCCDC, 2015/11/23
- bug#22001: Is it possible to tab separate concatenated files?, Linda Walsh, 2015/11/26
- bug#22001: Is it possible to tab separate concatenated files?, Eric Blake, 2015/11/26
- bug#22001: Is it possible to tab separate concatenated files?, Erik Auerswald, 2015/11/27