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    Do you specifically need the delimiter to be the two-character string ` :` (space-colon)? if not you could use something as simple as paste -d: file2.txt file1.txt Commented Jan 19, 2019 at 15:34
  • @stelldriver : no specific requirement about delimiter Commented Jan 19, 2019 at 15:36
  • @Pankaj -- no no no; open a new question -- don't move the goalposts on this one! Commented Jan 19, 2019 at 17:18
  • @JeffSchaller:will do that Commented Jan 19, 2019 at 17:31