Unfortunately, none of your $1,$2 pairs match between files 1 and 2, not even in the header. So, the result of the proposal applied to your samples is empty.
Hi all,
I am wondering if its possible to solve my problem with a simple code.
Basically I have a file that looks like this (tab delimited)
bob 8 250 tina 8 225
sam 8 225 ellen 9 315
kyle 9 275 sally 9 135
So what I want to do is match columns 2 and 5. If columns 2 and 5... (2 Replies)
Hi,
How to check if a string on file2 exactly matches with a part or complete string on file1, and return a match indicator based on some match rules.
1) only records on file1 with category A should be matched. for other category, the output match indicator should default to 'N'
2) on file2... (13 Replies)
I would like to join two files when two columns in each file matches with each other and then produce an output when taking multiple columns.
Like I have file A
1234,ABCD,23,JOHN,NJ,USA
2345,ABCD,24,SAM,NY,USA
5678,GHIJ,24,TOM,NY,USA
5678,WXYZ,27,MAT,NJ,USA
and file B
... (2 Replies)
Trying to match $2 in original_targets with $2 of new_targets . If the two numbers match exactly then a match.txt file is outputted using the information in the new_targets in the beginning 4 fields $1, $2, $3, $4 and value of $4 in the original_targets . If there is "No Match" then a no... (2 Replies)
I am trying to create a cronjob that will run on startup that will look at a list.txt file to see if there is a later version of a database using database.txt as the source. The matching lines are written to output.
$1 in database.txt will be in list.txt as a partial match. $2 of database.txt... (2 Replies)
Hello all, First post here. I did not notice a previous post to help me down the right path. I am looking to compare a column in a CSV file against another file (which is not a column match one for one) but more or less when a match is made, I would like to append a third column that contains a... (17 Replies)