Replacing words

kylle345 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-01-2009

Hi, I have am using a file that contains names that I want to replace.

Basically file 1 looks like this

Code:

jack
joe
james
john

vgersh99 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-01-2009

Code:

nawk 'FNR==NR{f2[$1]=$2;next} $1=($1 in f2)?f2[$1]:$1}' file2 file1

kylle345 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-01-2009

hey i got an error

looks like this

Code:

awk: extra } at source line 1
 context is
        FNR==NR{f2[$1]=$2;next} $1=($1 in >>>  f2)?f2[$1]:$1} <<< 
awk: syntax error at source line 1
        extra }
awk: bailing out at source line 1

vgersh99 · #4 (**permalink**) 10-01-2009

sorry:

Code:

nawk 'FNR==NR{f2[$1]=$2;next} $1=($1 in f2)?f2[$1]:$1' file2 file1

kylle345 · #5 (**permalink**) 10-01-2009

thank you so much! works fine

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