copy column from file to be the first column in another file

[A G]

Hello,

I want to copy a column from file to be the first column in another file contains many columns. How can I do that using the command line?

file 1 as

1

2

2

-

-

file 2 as

2  5

3  5

3  5

-  -

-  -

I want fil3 as 

1 2  5

2 3  5

2 3  5

- -  -

- -  -

[John E1]

it’s been years since I’ve done stuff like this, but the tool I’d probably use is OWL. Others may suggest PERL or SED. If you google how to merge columns of text using OWL, you might find exactly what you’re looking for.

Hope that helps.

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