How to echo text into a file in a new column?

Question

For example i have a file named 1.txt which contains:

Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows 8.1
Windows 10

and 2.txt which contains:

and I want to echo 2.txt into 1.txt like this:

Windows 7     2009
Windows 8     2012
Windows 8.1   2012
Windows 10    2014

How can I make it happen?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 15 '17 at 00:50

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You can use the paste command

$ paste 1.txt 2.txt
Windows 7   2009
Windows 8   2012
Windows 8.1 2012
Windows 10  2014

answered Jan 15 '17 at 00:50

steeldriver

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