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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Join files on multiple fields Post 302950761 by sheetalk on Tuesday 28th of July 2015 12:18:48 PM
Old 07-28-2015
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Originally Posted by RudiC
The error msg is self explaining: join can have one single field per file only to join on.
yes, is there any alternative? I have to join on the first 2 fields, and not on the first field..also I believe the solution provided is also based on just joining on the first field ?
 

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join(1T)						       Tcl Built-In Commands							  join(1T)

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NAME
join - Create a string by joining together list elements SYNOPSIS
join list ?joinString? _________________________________________________________________ DESCRIPTION
The list argument must be a valid Tcl list. This command returns the string formed by joining all of the elements of list together with joinString separating each adjacent pair of elements. The joinString argument defaults to a space character. EXAMPLES
Making a comma-separated list: set data {1 2 3 4 5} join $data ", " => 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Using join to flatten a list by a single level: set data {1 {2 3} 4 {5 {6 7} 8}} join $data => 1 2 3 4 5 {6 7} 8 SEE ALSO
list(1T), lappend(1T), split(1T) KEYWORDS
element, join, list, separator ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +--------------------+-----------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +--------------------+-----------------+ |Availability | SUNWTcl | +--------------------+-----------------+ |Interface Stability | Uncommitted | +--------------------+-----------------+ NOTES
Source for Tcl is available on http://opensolaris.org. Tcl join(1T)
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