Linux Shell Script: Writing file and string together to another file

Question

This is my code is bash script:

for string in $LIST
do
echo "$string" >> file
grep -v "#" file1 >> file
done

"file1" contains only one value, and that value changes iteratively.

The result I get in "file" is:

a
1
b
2
c
3

However, I want this:

a 1
b 2
c 3

Thanks in advance.

What do You mean by this "file1" contains only one value, and that value changes iteratively.. Is it a named pipe? — TrueY
– TrueY, Commented Apr 16, 2013 at 21:30

Barmar · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-16 21:26:29Z

2

for string in $LIST
do
  echo "$string" $(grep -v "#" file1)
done > file

answered Apr 16, 2013 at 21:26

Barmar

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