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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Compare specific columns between two files having different layouts Post 302451845 by felipe.vinturin on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 07:55:27 AM
Old 09-08-2010
Here is a simple way:

Code:
open FIRFILE "file1.txt" or die "Unable to open file: [$!]";
open SECFILE "file2.txt" or die "Unable to open file: [$!]";

# Start with empty hashes
my %firHash = ();
my %secHash = ();

# Fill the first hash
while (<FIRFILE>)
{
	@fileColumns = split(/,/);
	my $ident = $fileColumns[0];
	
	$firHash{$ident} = $_;
}

# Fill the second hash
while (<SECFILE>)
{
	@fileColumns = split(/,/);
	my $ident = $fileColumns[0];
	
	$secHash{$ident} = $_;
}

for (my($secHashKey, $secHashValue) = each(%secHash))
{
	$firHashValue = $firHash{$secHashKey};
	
	# $firHashValue
	# $secHashValue
	# Here you can compare the values you need!
}

Regards.
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COLRM(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						  COLRM(1)

NAME
colrm -- remove columns from a file SYNOPSIS
colrm [start [stop]] DESCRIPTION
The colrm utility removes selected columns from the lines of a file. A column is defined as a single character in a line. Input is read from the standard input. Output is written to the standard output. If only the start column is specified, columns numbered less than the start column will be written. If both start and stop columns are spec- ified, columns numbered less than the start column or greater than the stop column will be written. Column numbering starts with one, not zero. Tab characters increment the column count to the next multiple of eight. Backspace characters decrement the column count by one. ENVIRONMENT
The LANG, LC_ALL and LC_CTYPE environment variables affect the execution of colrm as described in environ(7). EXIT STATUS
The colrm utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. SEE ALSO
awk(1), column(1), cut(1), paste(1) HISTORY
The colrm command appeared in 3.0BSD. BSD
August 4, 2004 BSD
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