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Old 01-24-2019
Comparing two files by two matching fields

Long time listener first time poster. Hope someone can advise.

I have two files, 1000+ lines in each, two fields in each file.

After performing a sort, what is the best way to find exact matches where field $1 and $2 in file1 are also present in file2 on the same line, then output only those into file3?

Field 1 will always be unique within the files, but not field 2, there could be numerous entries of the same text.

So where field 1 and field 2 on a line in file 1, both only exist on the same line in file 2, output to file 3.

Thanks in advance.

File 1
Code:
abcdefgh    name1
bcdefgha    name2
nmrsthji    namei
nmdherya    wood
kasjfhsw    moon
pqoweiru    sun
wershgsy    other
iundhstw    tree            
gfhskwyt    mine
alskalak    hoover

File 2
Code:
abcdefgh    name1
bcdefgha    name5
hjgdrnja    namej
nmdherya    notwood
kasjfhsw    moon
wershgsy    other
pqoweiru    sun
        
 gfhskwyt    mine
alskalak    hoover

--- Post updated at 02:25 PM ---

Confusing myself.

I dont mean field 1 and field 2 on line 3 in file 1, have to be on line 3 in file 2.
But field 1 and 2 on line 3, must match in file 2, on any line, then output to file 3.

Smilie




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CSSORT(1p)						User Contributed Perl Documentation						CSSORT(1p)

NAME
cssort -- Czech sort FORMAT
cssort [ "-c"list | "-f"list ["-d"regexp]] [files ...] SYNOPSIS
cssort -c10-15,50-,25-45 < file cssort -f3,5-6 < file cssort -f3,5-6 -s: < file DESCRIPTION
Cssort is a utility that sorts input lines according to rules used in the Czech language. You can run it without any options, then it just uses whole lines for sorting. With the options, it's possible to specify parts of the lines to be used for comparison. list A comma-separated list of integer field numbers or field ranges. The are indexed from 1 and if a range is open (eg. "5-"), it means all remaining fields from the starting number. -c Stands for columns and the list that follows specifies byte ranges on the line. You will probably use this option to sort data with fixed width fields. -f Fields that will be used for sort. -d Delimiter that separates fields in the -f option. It is a Perl regular expression, the default is "[ ]+", which means any number of spaces or tabs in a row. The program assumes ISO-8859-2 encoding. Some way to specify another input encoding will come in the next versions. If you need to sort files with different encodings, you might want to check the cstocs conversion utility. SEE ALSO
Cz::Sort(3), cstocs(1). AUTHOR
Jan Pazdziora, adelton@fi.muni.cz. perl v5.10.1 2010-01-16 CSSORT(1p)
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