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merge lines of files

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Print two files in columns

paste 1 2 | pr -t -e120                                                    

Print two files in columns

paste -d '\n' 1 2 | xargs -d '\n' printf '%-50s  %-50s\n'             

Print two files in table

paste <(printf %s "$varA") <(printf %s "$varB")
paste -d' ' <(cut -f1 1) <(cut -d' ' -f2 2) |column -t