Learn about the ability to concatenate files by their columns.
- [Instructor] Hi, and welcome to the next video…of section four.…Merging Multiple Files as Columns.…In the previous video, we have learned how to compress…and decompress JavaScript.…In this video, we'll learn how to merge multiple files…as columns.…There are different cases when we need to concatenate…files by their columns.…We may need each file's content to appear…in separate columns.…Usually the Cat command concatenates in a line…or row-wise fashion.…Let's see how to do it.…Paste is the command that can be used…for column-wise concatenation.…The Paste command can be used with the following syntax.…
Let's try an example as follows.…
The default delimiter is Tab.…We can also explicitly specify the limiter…by using -d, for example.…Awesome.…We've successfully learned how to merge multiple files…as columns.…In the next video, we'll learn about printing the nth word…or column in a file or line.…
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- Printing in the terminal
- Performing math in the Linux shell
- Getting and setting dates
- Working with functions and arguments
- Reading output
- Making comparisons
- Concatenating text
- Finding, editing, generating, and deleting files
- Running parallel processes
- Using regular expressions
- Downloading webpages
- Parsing data from a website
- Finding broken links
- Backing up and archiving
- Transferring files and data through the network
- Monitoring your Linux system
- Gathering data for system administration
Skill Level Intermediate
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