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Old 06-09-2008
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If the order is not important:

(use nawk or /usr/xpg4/bin/awk on Solaris)

Code:
awk 'END{for(k in _)print _[k]}{_[$NF]=$0}' file1 file2
Otherwise, given your example:

Code:
awk 'END{for(k in _)print _[k]}{_[$NF]=$0}' file1 file2 |
  sort -k3n
Last edited by radoulov; 06-09-2008 at 09:39 AM..