07-08-2013
[Solved] Combining columns from different files
Hey Guys & Gals,
I am stuck with the following ;
I have 2 text files, each containing 2 columns.
My goal is to have a column from the 2nd file placed inbetween the columns in the first file.
Basically the idea is, each address has a different name (but 1 name per address) but 1 address can have more telephone numbers and I would like to list the tel. numbers per address in the order as mentioned below
(address - telephone - name)
File 1 ;
-------
Quote:
address1 name
address2 name
address3 name
File 2 ;
-------
Quote:
tel1 address1
tel2 address1
tel3 address1
tel1 address2
tel1 address3
My goal is to achieve a list with 3 columns as follows ;
Quote:
address1 tel1 name
address1 tel2 name
address1 tel3 name
address2 tel1 name
address3 tel1 name
Not sure whether I explained it OK, but hope so
Last edited by Don Cragun; 07-08-2013 at 08:01 PM..
Reason: Update title.
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LEARN ABOUT REDHAT
column
COLUMN(1) BSD General Commands Manual COLUMN(1)
NAME
column -- columnate lists
SYNOPSIS
column [-tx] [-c columns] [-s sep] [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
The column utility formats its input into multiple columns. Rows are filled before columns. Input is taken from file operands, or, by
default, from the standard input. Empty lines are ignored.
The options are as follows:
-c Output is formatted for a display columns wide.
-s Specify a set of characters to be used to delimit columns for the -t option.
-t Determine the number of columns the input contains and create a table. Columns are delimited with whitespace, by default, or with
the characters supplied using the -s option. Useful for pretty-printing displays.
-x Fill columns before filling rows.
Column exits 0 on success, >0 if an error occurred.
ENVIRONMENT
COLUMNS The environment variable COLUMNS is used to determine the size of the screen if no other information is available.
EXAMPLES
(printf "PERM LINKS OWNER GROUP SIZE MONTH DAY HH:MM/YEAR NAME
"
; ls -l | sed 1d) | column -t
SEE ALSO
colrm(1), ls(1), paste(1), sort(1)
HISTORY
The column command appeared in 4.3BSD-Reno.
BSD
June 6, 1993 BSD