I was thinking about this way too, but it is not safe. e.g.
You're absolutely correct.
My only goal was to transform the given sample input into the sample output. Should the actual data deviate in form from what was provided, someone else would have to deal with the carnage.
Thanks for pointing it out, though. You may have saved someone a little time.
Is it possible to do a join on multiple fields of two files? I am trying to do something like join -t, -1 2,3 -2 2,3 -o 2.1,2.2,2.3,1.3 filea fileb
I want the join to be on columns 2 and 3 of filea and columns 2 and 3 of fileb.
What is hapenning is that the second file that I want to do the join... (1 Reply)
I've looked at the join command which is able to perform what I need on two rows with a common field, however if I have more than two rows I need to join all of them.
Thus I have one file with multiple rows to be joined on an index number:
1 randomtext1
2 rtext2
2 rtext3
3 rtext4
3 rtext5... (5 Replies)
Hi GUYS sorry for putting simple query. I have tried the methods posted previously in this site but I'm unable to join the similar values in different columns of different files.
I used sort -u file1 and join but no use.??
I'm attaching my inputfiles.Plz chek them
I have two files.
1st file... (10 Replies)
Hi, I need help with the join command
I have 2 files that I want to join on multiple fields.
I want to return all records from file 1
I also want empty fields in my joined file if there isn't a match in file 2
I have already sorted them so I know they are in the same order.
file1 ... (0 Replies)
Hi All,
I am looking for an awk script to do the following
Join the fields together only if the first 4 fields are same.
Can it be done with join function in awk??
a,b,c,d,8,,,
a,b,c,d,,7,,
a,b,c,d,,,9,
a,b,p,e,8,,,
a.b,p,e,,9,,
a,b,p,z,,,,9
a,b,p,z,,8,,
desired output:
... (1 Reply)
Dear all,
I 'd like to ask a question. I have two datasets: a.txt (only has one filed, call 'SNP'), b.txt( has thousands of fields, 1st field call 'SNP').
a.txt:
rs9527
rs318567
rs12376
...
b.txt:
rs167893 1 2 0 2 1 2 ...
rs318567 2 0 2 1 2 0 ...
rs12376 0 2 0 2 1 2 ...
I... (2 Replies)
I have an input file like this...
All iI want to do is If the lines are identical except for the last field i want to merge them into single line
input_file
I feel something is nothing
I feel something is everything
apple mango banana
apple mango grapes
I want to get output like this:... (3 Replies)
I have a file with two fields in it delimited by a comma. Some of the first fields are duplicates. I am trying to eliminate any duplicate records in the first field, and combine the second fields in the output file.
For example, if the input is:
Jane,group=A
Bob,group=A
Bob,group=D... (3 Replies)
Hello all,
I want to join 2 tabbed files on the first 2 fields, and filling the missing values with 0. The 3rd column in each file is constant for the entire file.
file1
12658699 ST5 XX2720 0 1 0 1
53039541 ST5 XX2720 1 0 1.5 1
file2 ... (6 Replies)