How do I add numbers from two txt files with Bash?












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I have a txt file that contains some numbers like this:



1  
2
3
4
5


And I have another txt file that contains the same number of lines, but with other numbers:



6  
7
8
9
10


I want to add them together, namely 1+6, 2+7, 3+8, etc.. How do I write the script?










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    Do you really want to do this "with Bash" - or are you looking for a command line solution more generally?

    – steeldriver
    2 hours ago






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    You will get a much more friendly reception and much better help here if you show what code you have tried so far and describe what problems you were having with it. Without code, your question looks like a request for free consulting and many people don't like that.

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  • @steeldriver Not sure what you mean, but I'm trying to write a Bash script to do a series of tasks, amongst which is this one, so I need a Bash command to do this rather than any other language.

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I have a txt file that contains some numbers like this:



1  
2
3
4
5


And I have another txt file that contains the same number of lines, but with other numbers:



6  
7
8
9
10


I want to add them together, namely 1+6, 2+7, 3+8, etc.. How do I write the script?










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    Do you really want to do this "with Bash" - or are you looking for a command line solution more generally?

    – steeldriver
    2 hours ago






  • 2





    You will get a much more friendly reception and much better help here if you show what code you have tried so far and describe what problems you were having with it. Without code, your question looks like a request for free consulting and many people don't like that.

    – John1024
    2 hours ago











  • @steeldriver Not sure what you mean, but I'm trying to write a Bash script to do a series of tasks, amongst which is this one, so I need a Bash command to do this rather than any other language.

    – OhLook
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  • @John1024 I tried no code 'cos I didn't know which command I should use, and that's why I came here to ask.

    – OhLook
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I have a txt file that contains some numbers like this:



1  
2
3
4
5


And I have another txt file that contains the same number of lines, but with other numbers:



6  
7
8
9
10


I want to add them together, namely 1+6, 2+7, 3+8, etc.. How do I write the script?










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I have a txt file that contains some numbers like this:



1  
2
3
4
5


And I have another txt file that contains the same number of lines, but with other numbers:



6  
7
8
9
10


I want to add them together, namely 1+6, 2+7, 3+8, etc.. How do I write the script?







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  • 2





    Do you really want to do this "with Bash" - or are you looking for a command line solution more generally?

    – steeldriver
    2 hours ago






  • 2





    You will get a much more friendly reception and much better help here if you show what code you have tried so far and describe what problems you were having with it. Without code, your question looks like a request for free consulting and many people don't like that.

    – John1024
    2 hours ago











  • @steeldriver Not sure what you mean, but I'm trying to write a Bash script to do a series of tasks, amongst which is this one, so I need a Bash command to do this rather than any other language.

    – OhLook
    1 hour ago











  • @John1024 I tried no code 'cos I didn't know which command I should use, and that's why I came here to ask.

    – OhLook
    1 hour ago














  • 2





    Do you really want to do this "with Bash" - or are you looking for a command line solution more generally?

    – steeldriver
    2 hours ago






  • 2





    You will get a much more friendly reception and much better help here if you show what code you have tried so far and describe what problems you were having with it. Without code, your question looks like a request for free consulting and many people don't like that.

    – John1024
    2 hours ago











  • @steeldriver Not sure what you mean, but I'm trying to write a Bash script to do a series of tasks, amongst which is this one, so I need a Bash command to do this rather than any other language.

    – OhLook
    1 hour ago











  • @John1024 I tried no code 'cos I didn't know which command I should use, and that's why I came here to ask.

    – OhLook
    1 hour ago








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2





Do you really want to do this "with Bash" - or are you looking for a command line solution more generally?

– steeldriver
2 hours ago





Do you really want to do this "with Bash" - or are you looking for a command line solution more generally?

– steeldriver
2 hours ago




2




2





You will get a much more friendly reception and much better help here if you show what code you have tried so far and describe what problems you were having with it. Without code, your question looks like a request for free consulting and many people don't like that.

– John1024
2 hours ago





You will get a much more friendly reception and much better help here if you show what code you have tried so far and describe what problems you were having with it. Without code, your question looks like a request for free consulting and many people don't like that.

– John1024
2 hours ago













@steeldriver Not sure what you mean, but I'm trying to write a Bash script to do a series of tasks, amongst which is this one, so I need a Bash command to do this rather than any other language.

– OhLook
1 hour ago





@steeldriver Not sure what you mean, but I'm trying to write a Bash script to do a series of tasks, amongst which is this one, so I need a Bash command to do this rather than any other language.

– OhLook
1 hour ago













@John1024 I tried no code 'cos I didn't know which command I should use, and that's why I came here to ask.

– OhLook
1 hour ago





@John1024 I tried no code 'cos I didn't know which command I should use, and that's why I came here to ask.

– OhLook
1 hour ago










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This is basic task many tools can solve; paste + awk combo seems exceptionally handy:



$ paste file1 file2 | awk '$0=$1+$2'

7
9
11
13
15





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    Along the paste lines, but doing the math with bc:



    $ paste -d+ file1 file2 | bc
    7
    9
    11
    13
    15


    The intermediate result (before bc):



    $ paste -d+ file1 file2
    1+6
    2+7
    3+8
    4+9
    5+10


    For a more bash-centric solution, and assuming that file2 has at least as many lines as file1:



    mapfile -t file1 < file1
    mapfile -t file2 < file2
    for((i=0; i < ${#file1[@]}; i++))
    do
    printf '%dn' $((file1[i] + file2[i]))
    done





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    • Thanks but the paste command doesn't work for me. It says (standard_in) 1: illegal character: ^M. I don't know what it means 'cos there's no ^M in my files. I'll give mapfile a go...

      – OhLook
      1 hour ago






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      That's an indication that you have a DOS/Windows format file with CRLF line endings instead of just CR. Transfer it differently or re-save it, or post-process it: unix.stackexchange.com/a/192093/117549

      – Jeff Schaller
      1 hour ago



















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    Ok, it's a little cryptic, but also with bash arithmetic, paste and sed.



    $ # debug
    $ paste -d+ <(sed 's/(.*)/echo $((1/' file1) <(sed 's/(.*)/1))/' file2)
    echo $((1+6))
    echo $((2+7))
    echo $((3+8))
    echo $((4+9))
    echo $((5+10))

    $ eval "$(paste -d+ <(sed 's/(.*)/echo $((1/' file1) <(sed 's/(.*)/1))/' file2))"
    7
    9
    11
    13
    15





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      an awk-only solution



      awk 'getline a <"file2" {print $0 + a}' file1





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        This is basic task many tools can solve; paste + awk combo seems exceptionally handy:



        $ paste file1 file2 | awk '$0=$1+$2'

        7
        9
        11
        13
        15





        share|improve this answer




























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          This is basic task many tools can solve; paste + awk combo seems exceptionally handy:



          $ paste file1 file2 | awk '$0=$1+$2'

          7
          9
          11
          13
          15





          share|improve this answer


























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            This is basic task many tools can solve; paste + awk combo seems exceptionally handy:



            $ paste file1 file2 | awk '$0=$1+$2'

            7
            9
            11
            13
            15





            share|improve this answer













            This is basic task many tools can solve; paste + awk combo seems exceptionally handy:



            $ paste file1 file2 | awk '$0=$1+$2'

            7
            9
            11
            13
            15






            share|improve this answer












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                2














                Along the paste lines, but doing the math with bc:



                $ paste -d+ file1 file2 | bc
                7
                9
                11
                13
                15


                The intermediate result (before bc):



                $ paste -d+ file1 file2
                1+6
                2+7
                3+8
                4+9
                5+10


                For a more bash-centric solution, and assuming that file2 has at least as many lines as file1:



                mapfile -t file1 < file1
                mapfile -t file2 < file2
                for((i=0; i < ${#file1[@]}; i++))
                do
                printf '%dn' $((file1[i] + file2[i]))
                done





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                • Thanks but the paste command doesn't work for me. It says (standard_in) 1: illegal character: ^M. I don't know what it means 'cos there's no ^M in my files. I'll give mapfile a go...

                  – OhLook
                  1 hour ago






                • 1





                  That's an indication that you have a DOS/Windows format file with CRLF line endings instead of just CR. Transfer it differently or re-save it, or post-process it: unix.stackexchange.com/a/192093/117549

                  – Jeff Schaller
                  1 hour ago
















                2














                Along the paste lines, but doing the math with bc:



                $ paste -d+ file1 file2 | bc
                7
                9
                11
                13
                15


                The intermediate result (before bc):



                $ paste -d+ file1 file2
                1+6
                2+7
                3+8
                4+9
                5+10


                For a more bash-centric solution, and assuming that file2 has at least as many lines as file1:



                mapfile -t file1 < file1
                mapfile -t file2 < file2
                for((i=0; i < ${#file1[@]}; i++))
                do
                printf '%dn' $((file1[i] + file2[i]))
                done





                share|improve this answer


























                • Thanks but the paste command doesn't work for me. It says (standard_in) 1: illegal character: ^M. I don't know what it means 'cos there's no ^M in my files. I'll give mapfile a go...

                  – OhLook
                  1 hour ago






                • 1





                  That's an indication that you have a DOS/Windows format file with CRLF line endings instead of just CR. Transfer it differently or re-save it, or post-process it: unix.stackexchange.com/a/192093/117549

                  – Jeff Schaller
                  1 hour ago














                2












                2








                2







                Along the paste lines, but doing the math with bc:



                $ paste -d+ file1 file2 | bc
                7
                9
                11
                13
                15


                The intermediate result (before bc):



                $ paste -d+ file1 file2
                1+6
                2+7
                3+8
                4+9
                5+10


                For a more bash-centric solution, and assuming that file2 has at least as many lines as file1:



                mapfile -t file1 < file1
                mapfile -t file2 < file2
                for((i=0; i < ${#file1[@]}; i++))
                do
                printf '%dn' $((file1[i] + file2[i]))
                done





                share|improve this answer















                Along the paste lines, but doing the math with bc:



                $ paste -d+ file1 file2 | bc
                7
                9
                11
                13
                15


                The intermediate result (before bc):



                $ paste -d+ file1 file2
                1+6
                2+7
                3+8
                4+9
                5+10


                For a more bash-centric solution, and assuming that file2 has at least as many lines as file1:



                mapfile -t file1 < file1
                mapfile -t file2 < file2
                for((i=0; i < ${#file1[@]}; i++))
                do
                printf '%dn' $((file1[i] + file2[i]))
                done






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                • Thanks but the paste command doesn't work for me. It says (standard_in) 1: illegal character: ^M. I don't know what it means 'cos there's no ^M in my files. I'll give mapfile a go...

                  – OhLook
                  1 hour ago






                • 1





                  That's an indication that you have a DOS/Windows format file with CRLF line endings instead of just CR. Transfer it differently or re-save it, or post-process it: unix.stackexchange.com/a/192093/117549

                  – Jeff Schaller
                  1 hour ago



















                • Thanks but the paste command doesn't work for me. It says (standard_in) 1: illegal character: ^M. I don't know what it means 'cos there's no ^M in my files. I'll give mapfile a go...

                  – OhLook
                  1 hour ago






                • 1





                  That's an indication that you have a DOS/Windows format file with CRLF line endings instead of just CR. Transfer it differently or re-save it, or post-process it: unix.stackexchange.com/a/192093/117549

                  – Jeff Schaller
                  1 hour ago

















                Thanks but the paste command doesn't work for me. It says (standard_in) 1: illegal character: ^M. I don't know what it means 'cos there's no ^M in my files. I'll give mapfile a go...

                – OhLook
                1 hour ago





                Thanks but the paste command doesn't work for me. It says (standard_in) 1: illegal character: ^M. I don't know what it means 'cos there's no ^M in my files. I'll give mapfile a go...

                – OhLook
                1 hour ago




                1




                1





                That's an indication that you have a DOS/Windows format file with CRLF line endings instead of just CR. Transfer it differently or re-save it, or post-process it: unix.stackexchange.com/a/192093/117549

                – Jeff Schaller
                1 hour ago





                That's an indication that you have a DOS/Windows format file with CRLF line endings instead of just CR. Transfer it differently or re-save it, or post-process it: unix.stackexchange.com/a/192093/117549

                – Jeff Schaller
                1 hour ago











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                Ok, it's a little cryptic, but also with bash arithmetic, paste and sed.



                $ # debug
                $ paste -d+ <(sed 's/(.*)/echo $((1/' file1) <(sed 's/(.*)/1))/' file2)
                echo $((1+6))
                echo $((2+7))
                echo $((3+8))
                echo $((4+9))
                echo $((5+10))

                $ eval "$(paste -d+ <(sed 's/(.*)/echo $((1/' file1) <(sed 's/(.*)/1))/' file2))"
                7
                9
                11
                13
                15





                share|improve this answer






























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                  Ok, it's a little cryptic, but also with bash arithmetic, paste and sed.



                  $ # debug
                  $ paste -d+ <(sed 's/(.*)/echo $((1/' file1) <(sed 's/(.*)/1))/' file2)
                  echo $((1+6))
                  echo $((2+7))
                  echo $((3+8))
                  echo $((4+9))
                  echo $((5+10))

                  $ eval "$(paste -d+ <(sed 's/(.*)/echo $((1/' file1) <(sed 's/(.*)/1))/' file2))"
                  7
                  9
                  11
                  13
                  15





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                    Ok, it's a little cryptic, but also with bash arithmetic, paste and sed.



                    $ # debug
                    $ paste -d+ <(sed 's/(.*)/echo $((1/' file1) <(sed 's/(.*)/1))/' file2)
                    echo $((1+6))
                    echo $((2+7))
                    echo $((3+8))
                    echo $((4+9))
                    echo $((5+10))

                    $ eval "$(paste -d+ <(sed 's/(.*)/echo $((1/' file1) <(sed 's/(.*)/1))/' file2))"
                    7
                    9
                    11
                    13
                    15





                    share|improve this answer















                    Ok, it's a little cryptic, but also with bash arithmetic, paste and sed.



                    $ # debug
                    $ paste -d+ <(sed 's/(.*)/echo $((1/' file1) <(sed 's/(.*)/1))/' file2)
                    echo $((1+6))
                    echo $((2+7))
                    echo $((3+8))
                    echo $((4+9))
                    echo $((5+10))

                    $ eval "$(paste -d+ <(sed 's/(.*)/echo $((1/' file1) <(sed 's/(.*)/1))/' file2))"
                    7
                    9
                    11
                    13
                    15






                    share|improve this answer














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                        an awk-only solution



                        awk 'getline a <"file2" {print $0 + a}' file1





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                            an awk-only solution



                            awk 'getline a <"file2" {print $0 + a}' file1





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