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Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers Keep only the closet match of timestamped row (include headers) from file1 to precede file2 row/s Post 302979250 by aachave1 on Thursday 11th of August 2016 03:48:00 PM
Old 08-11-2016
I'll try to simplify, but not sure if I can.

I have a file1 and file2 that have timestamped rows of data and headers. I need to use the data from file1 as metadata to precede file2 data when sorted/merged (including headers). I can only use the file1 data that the timestamp is equal to or nearest match to file2 rows (below example).

My problem is that I only need ONE row from the file1 data that the timestamp matches or nearest to a file2 timestamped data. There can be many file2 rows, but only one file1 row assigned to them (because it is the closest match timestamp wise).

The rows in RED are the only rows I need displayed because the file1 metadata row timestamp is the nearest match to the file2 rows. All other non-red file1 rows must be deleted.

Code:
MY OUTPUT:

TIMEFORMATTED,G_CCSDS_VERSION,G_CCSDS_TYPE,G_CCSDS_2HDR_FLAG,G_CCSDS_APID,G_CCSDS_GRP_FLAGS,G_CCSDS_SEQ_COUNT,G_CCSDS_PKT_LEN,G_CCSDS_DOY,G_CCSDS_MSEC
2014/04/07 16:02:55,0,0,1,572,3,0,1917,20550,57775339
2014/04/07 16:03:00,0,0,1,572,3,0,1917,20550,57780339
2014/04/07 16:03:05,0,0,1,572,3,0,1917,20550,57785339
2014/04/07 16:03:10,0,0,1,572,3,0,1917,20550,57790339
TIMEFORMATTED,CCSDS_VERSION,CCSDS_TYPE,CCSDS_2HDR_FLAG,CCSDS_APID,CCSDS_GRP_FLAGS,CCSDS_SEQ_COUNT,CCSDS_PKT_LEN,CCSDS_DOY,CCSDS_MSEC
2014/04/07 16:03:12,0,0,1,544,3,0,985,20550,57788894
2014/04/07 16:03:13,0,0,1,544,3,0,985,20550,57793894
2014/04/07 16:03:14,0,0,1,544,3,0,985,20550,57794894

TIMEFORMATTED,G_CCSDS_VERSION,G_CCSDS_TYPE,G_CCSDS_2HDR_FLAG,G_CCSDS_APID,G_CCSDS_GRP_FLAGS,G_CCSDS_SEQ_COUNT,G_CCSDS_PKT_LEN,G_CCSDS_DOY,G_CCSDS_MSEC
2014/04/07 16:03:15,0,0,1,572,3,0,1917,20550,57795339
TIMEFORMATTED,CCSDS_VERSION,CCSDS_TYPE,CCSDS_2HDR_FLAG,CCSDS_APID,CCSDS_GRP_FLAGS,CCSDS_SEQ_COUNT,CCSDS_PKT_LEN,CCSDS_DOY,CCSDS_MSEC
2014/04/07 16:03:15,0,0,1,544,3,0,985,20550,57795894
2014/04/07 16:03:16,0,0,1,544,3,0,985,20550,57796894
2014/04/07 16:03:17, 0,0,1,544,3,0,985,20550,57797894

These are very large files and sometimes there will be ONE file1 timestamp match or nearest match to ONE file2 timestamp and sometimes there will be ONE file1 timestamp match or nearest match to MANY file2 timestamps. It all depends on the rate both files were ran because as you can see file1 timestamps are 5 seconds apart, while file2 timestamps are 1 second apart.
Last edited by aachave1; 08-11-2016 at 05:03 PM..
 

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comm

comm(1) 							   User Commands							   comm(1)

NAME

       comm - select or reject lines common to two files

SYNOPSIS

       comm [-123] file1 file2

DESCRIPTION

       The comm utility reads file1 and file2, which must be ordered in the current collating sequence, and produces three text columns as output:
       lines only in file1; lines only in file2; and lines in both files.

       If the input files were ordered according to the collating sequence of the current locale, the lines  written  will  be	in  the  collating
       sequence of the original lines. If not, the results are unspecified.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -1    Suppresses the output column of lines unique to file1.

       -2    Suppresses the output column of lines unique to file2.

       -3    Suppresses the output column of lines duplicated in file1 and file2.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       file1	A path name of the first file to be compared. If file1 is -, the standard input is used.

       file2	A path name of the second file to be compared. If file2 is -, the standard input is used.

USAGE

       See largefile(5) for the description of the behavior of comm when encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte ( 2^31 bytes).

EXAMPLES

       Example 1 Printing a list of utilities specified by files

       If file1, file2, and file3 each contain a sorted list of utilities, the command

	 example% comm -23 file1 file2	| comm -23 - file3

       prints a list of utilities in file1 not specified by either of the other files. The entry:

	 example% comm -12 file1 file2 | comm -12 - file3

       prints a list of utilities specified by all three files. And the entry:

	 example% comm -12  file2 file3 | comm -23 -file1

       prints a list of utilities specified by both file2 and file3, but not specified in file1.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See  environ(5)	for  descriptions  of  the  following  environment  variables that affect the execution of comm: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_COLLATE,
       LC_CTYPE, LC_MESSAGES, and NLSPATH.

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0     All input files were successfully output as specified.

       >0    An error occurred.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWesu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |CSI			     |enabled			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       cmp(1), diff(1), sort(1), uniq(1), attributes(5), environ(5), largefile(5), standards(5)

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