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change record detail...in file
hello,

I have a file with the following record:
a.txt

AAjohn10123403
AAmary10298411
AAcat120192a1030
AApeter094857
AAmaybb019485

I have a list called b.txt, if matched the name and it will change to new name (which is after space)
john1 cancel
cat12 cat12
peter peter
mary1 cancel
maybb maybb

can help?
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awk 'NR==FNR{a[$1]=$2;next}{for(x in a)sub(x,a[x])};1' b.txt a.txt
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thx! I will try it later...but can you explain to me above statement? so that I can learn some...
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awk 'NR==FNR{a[$1]=$2;next}{for(x in a)sub(x,a[x])};1' b.txt a.txt
not work..


awk: illegal statement near line 1
awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: bailing out near line 1
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If on Solaris, use nawk.
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If on Solaris, use nawk.
Great...it's work!!
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