how to display the contents of two files in linux

I am having two files. Is there any tool or command to show both the contents aside at the same time?

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liam

asked May 20 2017

You can use both diff as well as paste command to show the contents as aside.

Example:

 # diff file1 file2
  < hello file1
  ---
  > hello file2

Whereas for paste command it will display both aside in simpler way as follows.

 # paste file1 file2
  hello file1    hello file2

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jagannatharumugam

asked May 23 2017

edited Oct 05 2018