One solution,see the code and result below: $ cat 1.txt aaa bbb xxx
$ cat 2.txt ccc ddd yyy $ cat t1.pl use strict; use warnings; open my $fh1,'1.txt' or die $!; open my $fh2,'2.txt' or die $!; my @out = map { chomp; $_ . ' ' . <$fh2> } <$fh1>; close $fh1; close $fh2; print @out; $ perl t1.pl aaa ccc bbb ddd xxx yyy Hope it helps. -----Original Message----- >From: Onur Sirin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Jan 24, 2008 9:57 PM >To: beginners@perl.org >Subject: merging the columns > >Hi all, > >i have two snmp-walk commands and i want to merge its output in one file. >For example, >_First command's output: >_aaa >bbb >xxx >_Second command's output: >_ccc >ddd >yyy > >How can i merge these outputs like >aaa ccc >bbb ddd >xxx yyy -- Jeff Pang [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.arcor.de/jeffpang/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/