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Old 05-02-2012
Yeah, I am still thinking through this thing with words - just been sitting here silently getting frustrated all day.
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Old 05-02-2012
You can leave out uniq like this:
Code:
awk -F'\t' 'NR==FNR{A[$1];next}$6 in A && $18 in A && !B[$6,$18]++' file1 file2

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Originally Posted by rbatte1
[..]Oh! I've been beaten by an awk already. I suppose it's better than being beaten by an Orc though! Smilie
LOL, yes watch out for the hordes of awks on these forums, one can't be too careful these days.. Smilie
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