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Efficient way to search array in text file by awk

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2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Search and replace multiple patterns in a particular column only - efficient script

Hi Bigshots, I have a pattern file with two columns. I have another data file. If column 1 in the pattern file appears as the 4th column in the data file, I need to replace it (4th column of data file) with column 2 of the pattern file. If the pattern is found in any other column, it should not...

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Better and efficient way to reverse search a file for first matched line number.

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Is this regex efficient?

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7. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

efficient repace

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help on most efficient search

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