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Interweave two blocks of text

Suppose you've got data on a list of things from multiple sources. They're all in separate chunks, so how might you create a tabular output?

Start file
one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ten
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
End file
one     1
two    
2
three  
3
four    
4
five    
5
six    
6
seven  
7
eight  
8
nine    
9
ten    
10

View Diff

1,20c1,10
< one
< two
< three
< four
< five
< six
< seven
< eight
< nine
< ten
< 1
< 2
< 3
< 4
< 5
< 6
< 7
< 8
< 9
< 10
---
> one   1
> two   2
> three 3
> four  4
> five  5
> six   6
> seven 7
> eight 8
> nine  9
> ten   10

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#215 Jurica / @Jurica34581259 - Score: 47 - 12/12/18 @ 12:02
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