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# 1  
Old 07-17-2008
Matching and combining two files
Hi there,

I have two files. What I want to do is search for the values in second field of file1 in the 6th field of the file2 and of they match to add the fields 1-5 of the file2 at the end of the line of file1 with a comma before.

E.g
Code:
File1
FWB,CHUAGT87HUMAS/BUD01,REUAIR08KLM
FWB,CHUAGT87HUMAS/BUD01,REUAIR08MPH
FHL,CHUAGT87HUMAS/BUD03,REUAIR08KLM
FHL,CHUAGT87HUMAS/BUD03,REUAIR08AFR
FSR,CHUAGT87HUMAS/BUD03,REUAIR08KLM

Code:
File2
HU,ARTUKJK HLDHLL,Budapest,0,NIL,CHUAGT87HUMAS/BUD01
ZA,HHHJKJH,Cape Town,7747046,2005,REUAGT82BURL/CPT01
ZA,JHKKB BKJB,Cape Town,7747046,8003,REUAGT87BAX/CPT01
GB,HMBKLJBHJO,Cardiff,9147007,204,REUAGT87BAX/CWL01
GB,UJHJKHJK,Cardiff,9147069,205,REUAGT82SHNK/CWL01
US,UIGHIKUHKJHJ,Charlotte,110608,452,REUAGT87BAX/CLT01

So the entry in the new file will look
Code:
Newfile
FWB,CHUAGT87HUMAS/BUD01,REUAIR08KLM,HU,ARTUKJK HLDHLL,Budapest,0,NIL

Thanks in advance!
# 2  
Old 07-17-2008
Try this:
Code:
awk 'BEGIN{FS=OFS=","}
NR==FNR{a[$6]=$0;sub(","$6,"",a[$6]);next}
a[$2]{$0=$0 FS a[$2]}{print}' File2 File1

If you get errors use nawk, gawk or /usr/xpg4/bin/awk on Solaris.

Regards
# 3  
Old 07-17-2008
I guess the files should be first File1 and then File2
# 4  
Old 07-17-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by sickboy
I guess the files should be first File1 and then File2
Wrong, File2 must be the first file.
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