10-19-2009
using join command
I am given:
Sara:Smith:11234:3:63498:25:40
Perry:Potter:12445:2:35664:15:40
Ann:Abbott:23323:2:54865:22:42
Maple:Myers:24223:1:63498:18:35
Harold:Hanson:35664:2:54865:10:40
Bob:Brown:40778:1:24223:15:40
Jane:Jones:41288:1:53498:24:40
Wanda:Wallace:51122:4:63498:55:40
Mark:Miller:53498:1:24223:25:43
Tom:Tuckett:54865:2:63498:43:40
Zeb:Zucker:63498:1:10000:85:40
in one file
and :
1:North:2
2:South:1
3:East:4
4:West:3
in another
I am struggling to join the two so that rather having a line like Zeb:Zucker:63498:1:10000:85:40
i end up with a line in the file like
Zeb:Zucker:63498:North:85:40
but not for just one line, the whole file
or anything along those lines...
please help :(
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