script to combine colums from multiple files

[Ian Petersen]

On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Neil Watson
<tlug-neil-8agRmHhQ+n2CxnSzwYWP7Q at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> How would I go about cutting selected columns from multiple files and
> combining them into single file?  I so used to processing files line by
> line that this problem escapes me.

I think you need cut(1) and paste(1).

>From man cut:

cut - remove sections from each line of files

>From man paste:

paste - merge lines of files

I think the tools are aptly named.  :)

Ian
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