Dear GNU-
I think paste can not handle the MS carridge returns... Take a look
at the last four lines.(I tried the same files on solaris and got the same
problem, but when I tried recreating them using solaris's echo the problems
went away!)
Thanks,
Rob Cooke.
E:\backup\tmp\old>echo 1 > out2
E:\backup\tmp\old>echo 2 >> out2
E:\backup\tmp\old>echo 3 >> out2
E:\backup\tmp\old>echo applenuts > out1
E:\backup\tmp\old>echo bakedgoods >> out1
E:\backup\tmp\old>echo cannedfruits >> out1
E:\backup\tmp\old>head out1 out2
==> out1 <==
applenuts
bakedgoods
cannedfruits
==> out2 <==
1
2
3
E:\backup\tmp\old>paste out2 out1
1 applenuts
2 bakedgoods
3 cannedfruits
E:\backup\tmp\old>paste out1 out2
applenut1
bakedgoo2
cannedfr3 ts
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