11-27-2019
How to compare two files in UNIX using similar to vlookup?
Hi,
I want to compare same column in two files, if values match then display the column or display "NA".
Ex :
File 1 :
123
abc
xyz
pqr
File 2:
122
aab
fdf
pqr
fff
qqq
rrr
xyz
sst
Compare column:
2
NA
y
NA
NA
NA
can someone help me with logic for this.
thanks,
BBBB
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COMM(1) User Commands COMM(1)
NAME
comm - compare two sorted files line by line
SYNOPSIS
comm [OPTION]... FILE1 FILE2
DESCRIPTION
Compare sorted files FILE1 and FILE2 line by line.
With no options, produce three-column output. Column one contains lines unique to FILE1, column two contains lines unique to FILE2, and
column three contains lines common to both files.
-1 suppress column 1 (lines unique to FILE1)
-2 suppress column 2 (lines unique to FILE2)
-3 suppress column 3 (lines that appear in both files)
--check-order
check that the input is correctly sorted, even if all input lines are pairable
--nocheck-order
do not check that the input is correctly sorted
--output-delimiter=STR
separate columns with STR
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
Note, comparisons honor the rules specified by 'LC_COLLATE'.
EXAMPLES
comm -12 file1 file2
Print only lines present in both file1 and file2.
comm -3 file1 file2
Print lines in file1 not in file2, and vice versa.
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report comm translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
AUTHOR
Written by Richard M. Stallman and David MacKenzie.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
join(1), uniq(1)
The full documentation for comm is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and comm programs are properly installed at your site, the
command
info coreutils 'comm invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 8.22 June 2014 COMM(1)