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Old 05-15-2009
Compare and extract
Compare two files, search for data from position 1-6 if both matches then i need to extract those records only from file A

cat File A
A37985LUNGIUF7845049530113
F41604CHACAMA286000004371

cat File B
C26344
F41604

o/p
F41604CHACAMA286000004371
# 2  
Old 05-15-2009
Code:
nawk 'FNR==NR {a[substr($0,1,6)]++;next} substr($0,1,6) in a' fileB fileA

# 3  
Old 05-15-2009
I am getting error
-bash: nawk: command not found
# 4  
Old 05-15-2009
try awk or gawk (obviously)
# 5  
Old 05-15-2009
i tried using awk
awk: cmd. line:1: FNR=NR {a[substr($0,1,6)]++;next} substr($0,1,6) in a}
awk: cmd. line:1: ^ parse r
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Old 05-15-2009
I am not able to do by gawk also....
gawk: cmd. line:1: FNR=NR {a[substr($0,1,6)]++;next} substr($0,1,6) in a}
gawk: cmd. line:1: ^ parse
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Old 05-15-2009
I'm not sure if you copy/pasted it correctly - check the posting.
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