easy question

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Hi everybody:

Could anybody tell me if I have several files which each one it has this pattern name:

name1.dat  name2.dat name3.dat name4.dat name10.dat name11.dat name30.dat

If I would like create one like:

name_total.dat

in order

I have done this two options:

for i in dn_rad_flux*.dat
	do
		cat $i >> dn_rd.dat
	done

and

for i in dn_rad_flux*.dat
	do
		paste $i >> dn_rd.dat
	done

Because I would like that each file be pasted in columns. And in two cases I have a paste in one column.

Thanks in advance