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python -c "import sys; print('\n'.join(' '.join(c) for c in zip(*(l.split() for l in sys.stdin.readlines() if l.strip()))))" < input > output

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A Python solution: python -c "import sys; print('\n'.join(' '.join(c) for c in zip(*(l.split() for l in sys.stdin.readlines() if l.strip()))))" < input > output The above is based on the following: import sys for c in zip(*(l.split() for l in sys.stdin.readlines() if l.strip())): print(' '.join(c)) This code does assume that every line has the same number of columns (no padding is performed).

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