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JOIN(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   JOIN(1)

NAME

       join - relational database operator

SYNOPSIS

       join [ options ] file1 file2

DESCRIPTION

       Join forms, on the standard output, a join of the two relations specified by the lines of file1 and file2.  If one of the file names is the
       standard input is used.

       File1 and file2 must be sorted in increasing ASCII collating sequence on the fields on which they are to be joined, normally the  first	in
       each line.

       There  is  one line in the output for each pair of lines in file1 and file2 that have identical join fields.  The output line normally con-
       sists of the common field, then the rest of the line from file1, then the rest of the line from file2.

       Input fields are normally separated spaces or tabs; output fields by space.  In this case, multiple separators count as	one,  and  leading
       separators are discarded.

       The following options are recognized, with POSIX syntax.

       -a n   In addition to the normal output, produce a line for each unpairable line in file n, where n is 1 or 2.

       -v n   Like -a, omitting output for paired lines.

       -e s   Replace empty output fields by string s.

       -1 m
       -2 m   Join on the mth field of file1 or file2.

       -jn m  Archaic equivalent for -n m.

       -ofields
	      Each  output  line  comprises the designated fields.  The comma-separated field designators are either 0, meaning the join field, or
	      have the form n.m, where n is a file number and m is a field number.  Archaic usage allows separate arguments for field designators.

       -tc    Use character c as the only separator (tab character) on input and output.  Every appearance of c in a line is significant.

EXAMPLES

       sort /etc/passwd | join -t: -1 1 -a 1 -e "" - bdays
	      Add birthdays to the /etc/passwd file, leaving unknown birthdays empty.  The layout of /adm/users is given in passwd(5); bdays  con-
	      tains sorted lines like

       tr : ' ' </etc/passwd | sort -k 3 3 >temp
       join -1 3 -2 3 -o 1.1,2.1 temp temp | awk '$1 < $2'
	      Print all pairs of users with identical userids.

SOURCE

       /src/cmd/join.c

SEE ALSO

       sort(1), comm(1), awk(1)

BUGS

       With default field separation, the collating sequence is that of sort -b -ky,y; with -t, the sequence is that of sort -tx -ky,y.

       One of the files must be randomly accessible.

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JOIN(1) 						    BSD General Commands Manual 						   JOIN(1)

NAME

     join -- relational database operator

SYNOPSIS

     join [-a file_number | -v file_number] [-e string] [-o list] [-t char] [-1 field] [-2 field] file1 file2

DESCRIPTION

     The join utility performs an ``equality join'' on the specified files and writes the result to the standard output.  The ``join field'' is
     the field in each file by which the files are compared.  The first field in each line is used by default.	There is one line in the output
     for each pair of lines in file1 and file2 which have identical join fields.  Each output line consists of the join field, the remaining
     fields from file1 and then the remaining fields from file2.

     The default field separators are tab and space characters.  In this case, multiple tabs and spaces count as a single field separator, and
     leading tabs and spaces are ignored.  The default output field separator is a single space character.

     Many of the options use file and field numbers.  Both file numbers and field numbers are 1 based, i.e., the first file on the command line is
     file number 1 and the first field is field number 1.  The following options are available:

     -a file_number
	     In addition to the default output, produce a line for each unpairable line in file file_number.

     -e string
	     Replace empty output fields with string.

     -o list
	     The -o option specifies the fields that will be output from each file for each line with matching join fields.  Each element of list
	     has the either the form 'file_number.field', where file_number is a file number and field is a field number, or the form '0' (zero),
	     representing the join field.  The elements of list must be either comma (',') or whitespace separated.  (The latter requires quoting
	     to protect it from the shell, or, a simpler approach is to use multiple -o options.)

     -t char
	     Use character char as a field delimiter for both input and output.  Every occurrence of char in a line is significant.

     -v file_number
	     Do not display the default output, but display a line for each unpairable line in file file_number.  The options -v 1 and -v 2 may be
	     specified at the same time.

     -1 field
	     Join on the field'th field of file 1.

     -2 field
	     Join on the field'th field of file 2.

     When the default field delimiter characters are used, the files to be joined should be ordered in the collating sequence of sort(1), using
     the -b option, on the fields on which they are to be joined, otherwise join may not report all field matches.  When the field delimiter char-
     acters are specified by the -t option, the collating sequence should be the same as sort(1) without the -b option.

     If one of the arguments file1 or file2 is ``-'', the standard input is used.

EXIT STATUS

     The join utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

COMPATIBILITY

     For compatibility with historic versions of join, the following options are available:

     -a      In addition to the default output, produce a line for each unpairable line in both file 1 and file 2.

     -j1 field
	     Join on the field'th field of file 1.

     -j2 field
	     Join on the field'th field of file 2.

     -j field
	     Join on the field'th field of both file 1 and file 2.

     -o list ...
	     Historical implementations of join permitted multiple arguments to the -o option.	These arguments were of the form
	     'file_number.field_number' as described for the current -o option.  This has obvious difficulties in the presence of files named
	     '1.2'.

     These options are available only so historic shell scripts do not require modification.  They should not be used in new code.

LEGACY DESCRIPTION

     The -e option causes a specified string to be substituted into empty fields, even if they are in the middle of a line.  In legacy mode, the
     substitution only takes place at the end of a line.

     Only documented options are allowed.  In legacy mode, some obsolete options are re-written into current options.

     For more information about legacy mode, see compat(5).

SEE ALSO

     awk(1), comm(1), paste(1), sort(1), uniq(1), compat(5)

STANDARDS

     The join command conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1'').

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