I have several files in the following format:
(i will show two examples and the final format i need)

file1:

length mm 100
length cm 100
length km 333
width mm 122
width cm 323
width km 112

file2:

length mm 10
length cm 10
length km 33
width mm 22
width cm 23
width km 11

combined file:

length mm 100 10
length cm 100 10
length km 333 33
width mm 122 22
width cm 323 23
width km 112 11

thanks in advance

kadim tasdemir

I see no reason to use awk:

#!/bin/ksh

while read f1 f2 f3
do
echo "$f3"
done < file2|paste -d " " file1 -

thanks, it helped.

kadim tasdemir