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# 8  
Old 08-03-2011
Well, fine then:
Code:
~/unix.com$ cat f1
123456789~col2~col3~col4~col5~col6~col7~col8~col9~col10~col11~col12~col13~col14~col15~10/15/10
234567891~col2~col3~col4~col5~col6~col7~col8~col9~col10~col11~col12~col13~col14~col15~12/22/11
345678912~col2~col3~col4~col5~col6~col7~col8~col9~col10~col11~col12~col13~col14~col15~04/22/14
456789123~col2~col3~col4~col5~col6~col7~col8~col9~col10~col11~col12~col13~col14~col15~11/19/12
567891234~col2~col3~col4~col5~col6~col7~col8~col9~col10~col11~col12~col13~col14~col15~01/07/11
678912345~col2~col3~col4~col5~col6~col7~col8~col9~col10~col11~col12~col13~col14~col15~12/07/10
~/unix.com$ cat f2
123456789~col2b~col3~col4~col5~col6~col7~col8~col9~col10~col11~col12~col13~col14~col15~10/15/10
123456789~col2b~col3~col4~col5~col6~col7~col8~col9~col10~col11~col12~col13~col14~col15~12/22/11
345678912~col2b~col3~col4~col5~col6~col7~col8~col9~col10~col11~col12~col13~col14~col15~04/22/14
456789123~col2b~col3~col4~col5~col6~col7~col8~col9~col10~col11~col12~col13~col14~col15~11/19/12
567891234~col2b~col3~col4~col5~col6~col7~col8~col9~col10~col11~col12~col13~col14~col15~01/07/11
567891234~col2b~col3~col4~col5~col6~col7~col8~col9~col10~col11~col12~col13~col14~col15~12/07/10
~/unix.com$ awk -F~ 'NR==FNR{A[NR]=$1$16;next}$1$16!=A[FNR]' f1 f2
123456789~col2b~col3~col4~col5~col6~col7~col8~col9~col10~col11~col12~col13~col14~col15~12/22/11
567891234~col2b~col3~col4~col5~col6~col7~col8~col9~col10~col11~col12~col13~col14~col15~12/07/10

# 9  
Old 08-03-2011
Great solution, tukuyomi!

Now it is working perfectly.

Cheers.Smilie
# 10  
Old 08-04-2011
does not work...it ahows contents of both files

Code:
awk -F~ 'NR==FNR{A[NR]=$1$16;next}$1$16!=A[FNR]' f1 f2
123456789~col2~col3~col4~col5~col6~col7~col8~col9~col10~col11~col12~col13~col14~col15~10/15/10
234567891~col2~col3~col4~col5~col6~col7~col8~col9~col10~col11~col12~col13~col14~col15~12/22/11
345678912~col2~col3~col4~col5~col6~col7~col8~col9~col10~col11~col12~col13~col14~col15~04/22/14
456789123~col2~col3~col4~col5~col6~col7~col8~col9~col10~col11~col12~col13~col14~col15~11/19/12
567891234~col2~col3~col4~col5~col6~col7~col8~col9~col10~col11~col12~col13~col14~col15~01/07/11
678912345~col2~col3~col4~col5~col6~col7~col8~col9~col10~col11~col12~col13~col14~col15~12/07/10
123456789~col2b~col3~col4~col5~col6~col7~col8~col9~col10~col11~col12~col13~col14~col15~10/15/10
123456789~col2b~col3~col4~col5~col6~col7~col8~col9~col10~col11~col12~col13~col14~col15~12/22/11
345678912~col2b~col3~col4~col5~col6~col7~col8~col9~col10~col11~col12~col13~col14~col15~04/22/14
456789123~col2b~col3~col4~col5~col6~col7~col8~col9~col10~col11~col12~col13~col14~col15~11/19/12
567891234~col2b~col3~col4~col5~col6~col7~col8~col9~col10~col11~col12~col13~col14~col15~01/07/11
567891234~col2b~col3~col4~col5~col6~col7~col8~col9~col10~col11~col12~col13~col14~col15~12/07/10

Last edited by pludi; 08-08-2011 at 06:08 PM..
# 11  
Old 08-08-2011
~/Documents$ cat /tmp/t1.sh
Code:
#!/bin/sh 
for i in `cat /tmp/file1`
do
a=`echo $i|awk -F '~' '{print $1}'`
b=`echo $i|awk -F '~' '{print $16}'`
for x in `cat /tmp/file2`
do
c=`echo $x|awk -F '~' '{print $1}'`
d=`echo $x|awk -F '~' '{print $16}'`
if [ $a = $c ]  && [ $b != $d ]
then
echo $x
fi
done
done

here is the output:

~/Documents$ /tmp/t1.sh
123456789~col2~col3~col4~col5~col6~col7~col8~col9~col10~col11~col12~col13~col14~col15~12/22/11
567891234~col2~col3~col4~col5~col6~col7~col8~col9~col10~col11~col12~col13~col14~col15~12/07/10
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