You are looking for the join command. It's pesky in that it requires sorted input, so these forums are shock full of examples of doing it without sorting the input for a particular file format. Scaling up, if you have a lot of these, you might want to import them into a proper database.
Searching for NR==FNR should get you a few handfuls of examples, as well as the typical follow-up questions and problems.
Hi,
Can you please help me in implementing a timer based polling for function in C? ie. the function should be called in say 30secs(when 30secs has lapsed).
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Hi guys,
can someone please help me with a vlookup utility in shell script that does the work similar to Excel.
Ex:
If File1.txt is
1
2
11
4
12
and File2.txt is
1 tab1
2 tab2
3 tab3
4 tab4
5 tab5
then the utility should create File3.txt with the below mentioned output: (24 Replies)
Hello, I'm currently implementing the && function in a shell using C. For example, if we input cmd1 && cmd2, then cmd2 executes only when cmd1 exits successfully. I'm thinking about:
int main() {
int i;
char **args;
while(1) {
printf("yongfeng's shell:~$ ");
args =... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I am new to awk/unix and am trying to put together an awk script to perform an action similar to vlookup between the two csv files.
Here are the contents of the two files:
File 1:
Date,ParentID,Number,Area,Volume,Dimensions
2014-01-01,ABC,247,83430.33,857.84,8110.76... (9 Replies)
Hello experts,
I have large text files that need to be arranged using a function like excel's vlookup. I have been playing with awk command but didn't really come up with a solution. Could anyone please help me out? Below are my datasets and expected output. Any help would be greatly... (8 Replies)
Can anyone give me a clue why this code doesn't work as expected? The function count_collatz_step() take one parameter which a number that need to calculate collatz until it reaches 1. The func should return steps it takes.
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# Count steps of collatz conjecture takes, until the number reach 1.... (8 Replies)
Hello, i am trying to print group name column(etc/group) on script (etc/passwd) since group name is not listed on etc/passwd columns. Im trying to do a vlookup. but i cant figure out how i can insert the vlookup command FNR==NR inside the print out command or the output. I also tried exporting... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I want to compare same column in two files, if values match then display the column or display "NA".
Ex :
File 1 :
123
abc
xyz
pqr
File 2:
122
aab
fdf
pqr
fff
qqq
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LEARN ABOUT BSD
join
JOIN(1) General Commands Manual JOIN(1)NAME
join - relational database operator
SYNOPSIS
join [ options ] file1 file2
DESCRIPTION
Join forms, on the standard output, a join of the two relations specified by the lines of file1 and file2. If file1 is `-', the standard
input is used.
File1 and file2 must be sorted in increasing ASCII collating sequence on the fields on which they are to be joined, normally the first in
each line.
There is one line in the output for each pair of lines in file1 and file2 that have identical join fields. The output line normally con-
sists of the common field, then the rest of the line from file1, then the rest of the line from file2.
Fields are normally separated by blank, tab or newline. In this case, multiple separators count as one, and leading separators are dis-
carded.
These options are recognized:
-an In addition to the normal output, produce a line for each unpairable line in file n, where n is 1 or 2.
-e s Replace empty output fields by string s.
-jn m Join on the mth field of file n. If n is missing, use the mth field in each file.
-o list
Each output line comprises the fields specified in list, each element of which has the form n.m, where n is a file number and m is a
field number.
-tc Use character c as a separator (tab character). Every appearance of c in a line is significant.
SEE ALSO sort(1), comm(1), awk(1)BUGS
With default field separation, the collating sequence is that of sort -b; with -t, the sequence is that of a plain sort.
The conventions of join, sort, comm, uniq, look and awk(1) are wildly incongruous.
7th Edition April 29, 1985 JOIN(1)