Shell Programming and Scripting

I have two LARGE files of data more than 20,000 line each, file-1 and file-2, and I wish to do the following if possible:

file-1

Code:

1 2 5 7 9
2 4 6 3 8 9
4 6 8 9 3 2 1 3
1 2
.
.
.

file-2

Code:

1 2 3
2 5 7
5 7 3
7 9 4
.
.
.

The goal is to write a script that will loop in each line of the first line and find the minimum value between each line's series.

e.g.,
After reading the first line from file-1 "1 2 5 7 9" it will check in file two for the minimum as follows:
Between 1 & 2 = 3
Between 2 & 5 = 7
Between 5 & 7 = 3
Between 7 & 9 = 4

And then it takes min(3,7,3,4) = 3.
Note: the lengths of file-1's lines are NOT the same.

So what happens when line 2 of file-1 is read?

Looks very much like home work to me...

Yes, file-2 will have data for all lines in file-1. So for line 2 "2 4 6 3 8 9" in file-1, file-2 will have something like this:

2 4 1
4 6 2
6 3 1
3 8 4
8 9 4

And then it takes min(1,2,1,,4,4) = 1.

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So, is it homework?

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