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Old 01-25-2013
Combining two files with a reference coloumn

Hi all,

this is file1.txt
Code:
10.210.226.21 alarmSupervisionActive=true 
10.64.136.209 alarmSupervisionActive=true 
10.64.174.209 alarmSupervisionActive=true 
10.64.182.65 alarmSupervisionActive=true 
10.66.193.113 alarmSupervisionActive=true 
10.80.124.67 alarmSupervisionActive=true 
10.80.124.68 alarmSupervisionActive=true 
10.80.124.69 alarmSupervisionActive=true 
10.80.124.70 alarmSupervisionActive=true 
10.80.124.71 alarmSupervisionActive=true 
10.80.124.72 alarmSupervisionActive=true 
10.80.124.73 alarmSupervisionActive=true

and this is file2.txt
Code:
10.210.226.21 STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123;
10.64.136.209 STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123;
10.64.174.209 STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123;
10.64.182.65 STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123;
10.66.193.113 STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123;
10.80.124.67 STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123;
10.80.124.68 STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123;
10.80.124.69 STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123;
10.80.124.70 STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123;
10.80.124.71 STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123;
10.80.124.72 STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123;
10.80.124.73 STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123;

expecting the output.txt like below;
Code:
10.210.226.21 STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123; alarmSupervisionActive=true
10.64.136.209 STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123; alarmSupervisionActive=true
10.64.174.209 STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123; alarmSupervisionActive=true
10.64.182.65  STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123; alarmSupervisionActive=true
10.66.193.113 STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123; alarmSupervisionActive=true
10.80.124.67  STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123; alarmSupervisionActive=true
10.80.124.68  STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123; alarmSupervisionActive=true
10.80.124.69  STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123; alarmSupervisionActive=true
10.80.124.70  STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123; alarmSupervisionActive=true
10.80.124.71  STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123; alarmSupervisionActive=true
10.80.124.72  STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123; alarmSupervisionActive=true
10.80.124.73  STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123; alarmSupervisionActive=true

I try join a1 a2 but doesnt work! Waiting for helps? Thanks so much
# 2  
Old 01-25-2013
In what way does join not work?

What error message does it produce?

What does it write to standard output?
# 3  
Old 01-25-2013
Code:
unix.com$ awk 'NR==FNR{A[$1]=$2;next}$0=$0" "A[$1]' file1 file2

# 4  
Old 01-25-2013
The output.txt appears like below, no errors actually, I want coloumn by coloumn..

Code:
10.210.226.21 alarmSupervisionActive=true 
 STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123;

10.64.136.209 alarmSupervisionActive=true 
 STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123;

10.64.174.209 alarmSupervisionActive=true 
 STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123;

10.64.182.65 alarmSupervisionActive=true 
 STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123;

10.66.193.113 alarmSupervisionActive=true 
 STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123;

10.80.124.67 alarmSupervisionActive=true 
 STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123;

10.80.124.68 alarmSupervisionActive=true 
 STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123;

10.80.124.69 alarmSupervisionActive=true 
 STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123;

10.80.124.70 alarmSupervisionActive=true 
 STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123;

10.80.124.71 alarmSupervisionActive=true 
 STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123;

10.80.124.72 alarmSupervisionActive=true 
 STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123;

10.80.124.73 alarmSupervisionActive=true 
 STN_systemClockUDP_Port=123;

---------- Post updated at 03:03 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:58 PM ----------

Code:
omerkah@unix> awk 'NR==FNR{A[$1]=$2;next}$0=$0" "A[$1]' a1 a2
awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: bailing out near line 1

when I try
Code:
awk 'NR==FNR{A[$1]=$2;next}$0=$0" "A[$1]' a1 a2

errors appears, unfortunately. Thanks for the reply
# 5  
Old 01-25-2013
Which system are you on?
# 6  
Old 01-25-2013
The system is;

Code:
omerkah@unix> uname -a
SunOS claps8 5.10 Generic_147440-07 sun4u sparc SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise

# 7  
Old 01-25-2013
An internet search mentioned to try using nawk then...
 
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