Help displaying info from 2 files - awk

/ fazlin :
> Hi all,
>
> I m new to AWK so forgive me if this is pretty simple
>
>
> These are my i/p files:
>
> # cat file1
> a
> b
> c
> d
>
> # cat file2
> 1
> 2
> 3
> 4
>
> My required output:
>
> a 1
> b 2
> c 3
> d 4
>
>
> I need to do this with as AWK program.
>
>
> Can anyone help???
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Fazlin

Hi,
There is a common non-awk solution for this

paste -d ' ' file1 file2

If you still want an awk solution, the usual way is (maybe a problem
for big files)

awk 'NR == FNR { a[FNR] = $1; next } { print a[FNR], $1 }' file1 file2

Vassilis

On Jun 4, 4:02 pm, Vassilis <F.H.Nova...@> wrote:
> / fazlin :
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi all,
>
> > I m new to AWK so forgive me if this is pretty simple
>
> > These are my i/p files:
>
> > # cat file1
> > a
> > b
> > c
> > d
>
> > # cat file2
> > 1
> > 2
> > 3
> > 4
>
> > My required output:
>
> > a 1
> > b 2
> > c 3
> > d 4
>
> > I need to do this with as AWK program.
>
> > Can anyone help???
>
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Fazlin
>
> Hi,
> There is a common non-awk solution for this
>
> paste -d ' ' file1 file2
>
> If you still want an awk solution, the usual way is (maybe a problem
> for big files)
>
> awk 'NR == FNR { a[FNR] = $1; next } { print a[FNR], $1 }' file1 file2
>
> Vassilis- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

But this awk solution gives me a o/p as below:

a
b
c
d
1
2
3
4

/ fazlin :
> On Jun 4, 4:02 pm, Vassilis <F.H.Nova...@> wrote:
> > / fazlin :
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Hi all,
> >
> > > I m new to AWK so forgive me if this is pretty simple
> >
> > > These are my i/p files:
> >
> > > # cat file1
> > > a
> > > b
> > > c
> > > d
> >
> > > # cat file2
> > > 1
> > > 2
> > > 3
> > > 4
> >
> > > My required output:
> >
> > > a 1
> > > b 2
> > > c 3
> > > d 4
> >
> > > I need to do this with as AWK program.
> >
> > > Can anyone help???
> >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Fazlin
> >
> > Hi,
> > There is a common non-awk solution for this
> >
> > paste -d ' ' file1 file2
> >
> > If you still want an awk solution, the usual way is (maybe a problem
> > for big files)
> >
> > awk 'NR == FNR { a[FNR] = $1; next } { print a[FNR], $1 }' file1 file2
> >
> > Vassilis- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> But this awk solution gives me a o/p as below:
>
> a
> b
> c
> d
> 1
> 2
> 3
> 4

Are you sure? Did you try this awk script with given files? I cannot
think of a way that *this* script produces the output you show. Maybe
you made a typo? Check again

On Jun 4, 4:56 pm, Vassilis <F.H.Nova...@> wrote:
> / fazlin :
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jun 4, 4:02 pm, Vassilis <F.H.Nova...@> wrote:
> > > / fazlin :
>
> > > > Hi all,
>
> > > > I m new to AWK so forgive me if this is pretty simple
>
> > > > These are my i/p files:
>
> > > > # cat file1
> > > > a
> > > > b
> > > > c
> > > > d
>
> > > > # cat file2
> > > > 1
> > > > 2
> > > > 3
> > > > 4
>
> > > > My required output:
>
> > > > a 1
> > > > b 2
> > > > c 3
> > > > d 4
>
> > > > I need to do this with as AWK program.
>
> > > > Can anyone help???
>
> > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > > Fazlin
>
> > > Hi,
> > > There is a common non-awk solution for this
>
> > > paste -d ' ' file1 file2
>
> > > If you still want an awk solution, the usual way is (maybe a problem
> > > for big files)
>
> > > awk 'NR == FNR { a[FNR] = $1; next } { print a[FNR], $1 }' file1 file2
>
> > > Vassilis- Hide quoted text -
>
> > > - Show quoted text -
>
> > But this awk solution gives me a o/p as below:
>
> > a
> > b
> > c
> > d
> > 1
> > 2
> > 3
> > 4
>
> Are you sure? Did you try this awk script with given files? I cannot
> think of a way that *this* script produces the output you show. Maybe
> you made a typo? Check again- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

</home/fazlin/awk_prg>
awk 'NR == FNR { a[FNR] = $1; next } { print a[FNR], $1 }' file1
file2
a
b
c
d
1
2
3
4
</home/fazlin/awk_prg>

This is wat i did and the o/p i got!!

Thanks,
F

/ fazlin :
> On Jun 4, 4:56 pm, Vassilis <F.H.Nova...@> wrote:
> >
> > Are you sure? Did you try this awk script with given files? I cannot
> > think of a way that *this* script produces the output you show. Maybe
> > you made a typo? Check again- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> </home/fazlin/awk_prg>
> awk 'NR == FNR { a[FNR] = $1; next } { print a[FNR], $1 }' file1
> file2
> a
> b
> c
> d
> 1
> 2
> 3
> 4
> </home/fazlin/awk_prg>
>
> This is wat i did and the o/p i got!!
>
> Thanks,
> F


I see. I tried:

awk '{ print a[FNR], $1 }' file1 file2

and got the same results. Seems your awk doesn't understand FNR and
next.
Get a new awk, probably gawk. If you're running Solaris try /usr/xpg4/
bin/awk.

On Jun 4, 5:57 pm, Vassilis <F.H.Nova...@> wrote:
> / fazlin :
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jun 4, 4:56 pm, Vassilis <F.H.Nova...@> wrote:
>
> > > Are you sure? Did you try this awk script with given files? I cannot
> > > think of a way that *this* script produces the output you show. Maybe
> > > you made a typo? Check again- Hide quoted text -
>
> > > - Show quoted text -
>
> > </home/fazlin/awk_prg>
> > awk 'NR == FNR { a[FNR] = $1; next } { print a[FNR], $1 }' file1
> > file2
> > a
> > b
> > c
> > d
> > 1
> > 2
> > 3
> > 4
> > </home/fazlin/awk_prg>
>
> > This is wat i did and the o/p i got!!
>
> > Thanks,
> > F
>
> I see. I tried:
>
> awk '{ print a[FNR], $1 }' file1 file2
>
> and got the same results. Seems your awk doesn't understand FNR and
> next.
> Get a new awk, probably gawk. If you're running Solaris try /usr/xpg4/
> bin/awk.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Yeah i tried with gawk and it works.

Thanks a lot,
F

/ fazlin :
> On Jun 4, 5:57 pm, Vassilis <F.H.Nova...@> wrote:
> >
> > I see. I tried:
> >
> > awk '{ print a[FNR], $1 }' file1 file2
> >
> > and got the same results. Seems your awk doesn't understand FNR and
> > next.
> > Get a new awk, probably gawk. If you're running Solaris try /usr/xpg4/
> > bin/awk.- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> Yeah i tried with gawk and it works.
>
> Thanks a lot,
> F

Just out of curiosity, could you post your OS and (non gawk) awk
version?

Vassilis wrote:
> / fazlin :
>
>>On Jun 4, 4:56 pm, Vassilis <F.H.Nova...@> wrote:
>>
>>>Are you sure? Did you try this awk script with given files? I cannot
>>>think of a way that *this* script produces the output you show. Maybe
>>>you made a typo? Check again- Hide quoted text -
>>>
>>>- Show quoted text -
>>
>></home/fazlin/awk_prg>
>>awk 'NR == FNR { a[FNR] = $1; next } { print a[FNR], $1 }' file1
>>file2
>> a
>> b
>> c
>> d
>> 1
>> 2
>> 3
>> 4
>></home/fazlin/awk_prg>
>>
>>This is wat i did and the o/p i got!!
>>
>>Thanks,
>>F
>
>
>
> I see. I tried:
>
> awk '{ print a[FNR], $1 }' file1 file2
>
> and got the same results. Seems your awk doesn't understand FNR and
> next.

The only way that output could be produced is if NR is never equal to FNR.

> Get a new awk, probably gawk. If you're running Solaris try /usr/xpg4/
> bin/awk.
>

Please try these:

awk --version

awk { print FILENAME ":" NR ":" FNR ":" $1 }' file1 file2

and post the output.

Ed.

On Jun 4, 6:19 pm, Vassilis <F.H.Nova...@> wrote:
> / fazlin :
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jun 4, 5:57 pm, Vassilis <F.H.Nova...@> wrote:
>
> > > I see. I tried:
>
> > > awk '{ print a[FNR], $1 }' file1 file2
>
> > > and got the same results. Seems your awk doesn't understand FNR and
> > > next.
> > > Get a new awk, probably gawk. If you're running Solaris try /usr/xpg4/
> > > bin/awk.- Hide quoted text -
>
> > > - Show quoted text -
>
> > Yeah i tried with gawk and it works.
>
> > Thanks a lot,
> > F
>
> Just out of curiosity, could you post your OS and (non gawk) awk
> version?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I m using an unix that is used specific for my company and it is an
very old one.. it doesnt even print version if i give "awk --version"

Thanks,
F