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Old 05-29-2007
lorcan lorcan is offline
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Quote:
Originally Posted by panknil
Dear lorcan

Thanks for your quick reply but can you please explain me your code?

Thanks,
Regards,
Pankaj
join -1 4 -2 1 -o1.1,1.2,1.3,1.4,1.5,2.2,2.3,2.4 A.txt B.txt

where -1 option specifies the first file and the argument 4 represents your column to be matched with the second file.

-2 option specifies the second file and argument 1 represents your column to be matched

and -0 option is just to print the fields from the respective file