argument getting truncated while printing in unix after merging files <p>I am trying to combine two tab seperated text files but one of the fields is being truncated by awk when I use the command (pls suggest something other than awk if it is easier to do so)</p> <pre><code>pr -m -t test_v1 test.predict | awk -v OFS='\t' '{print $4,$5,$7}' &gt; out_test8 </code></pre> <p>The format of the test_v1 is</p> <pre><code>478 192 46 10203853138191712 </code></pre> <p>but I only print 10203853138 for $4 truncating the other digits. Should I use string format? Actually I found out after a suggestion given that pr -m -t itself does not give the correct output</p> <pre><code>478^I192^I46^I10203853138^I^I is the output of the command pr -m -t test_v1 test.predict | cat -vte </code></pre> <p>I used paste test_v1 test.predict instead of pr and got the right answer.</p>