in reply to Re^8: writing two files (different in length) to one output
in thread writing two files (different in length) to one output

Round #n+1 ;)

As a side note, I think you can always use do {cmd;cmd } when you want to avoid cmd,cmd

Update: nice trick with the while statement! :)

Cheers Rolf
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