normal -n 10000 -o n01 awk '{print 1+sqrt(5)*$1}' n01 > m1v5.dat normal -n 5000 -o n01 awk '{print 5+sqrt(10)*$1}' n01 > m5v10.dat cat m1v5.dat m5v10.dat > mix.dat for file in m1v5 m5v10 mix do awk '{printf"%12.5f\n", $1}' $file.dat | sort -n | \ awk -f density.awk > $file.d done rm n01