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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting awk - replacing stings in file1 with column1 in file2 Post 302369512 by upstate_boy on Sunday 8th of November 2009 11:59:09 PM
Old 11-09-2009
Thank you for the quick reply. I apologize if this is a novice question, but so I'm clear, I would run it like this?

file1=master.txt
file2=ref.txt

awk 'FILENAME=="ref.txt"{A[$2]=$1}
FILENAME=="master.txt"{if(A[$1]){print A[$1]}else{print $0}}' ref.txt master.txt

When I try that, I have no output - I'm sure I'm not using it correctly.

Thanks
 

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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 specifed 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. JOIN(1)
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