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# 1  
Old 03-10-2007
Compare files
Hi Masters! I know this problem is quite difficult.
I have two files that looked like this:

File1
mary a b d
anne d e
jane g h
sam a

File2
role1 a d c d
role2 e f g h
role3 a b d
role4 a d e
role5 g h

It will first look into file1 then compare to all entries in file2 regardless of arrangement.

The output should be:
mary role1 role3
anne role 4
jane role2 role5
sam role1 role3 role4

I've tried some other way to do this but unsuccessful. Can it be done in UNIX? Please help. Thanks!
# 2  
Old 03-10-2007
This looks a lot like homework, so I will not give an answer.

Post what you have tried already and maybe someone will point out where you are going wrong.
# 3  
Old 03-10-2007
It's not a homework. Actually I tried using excel to manipulate the files but I'm not familiar with macros so I hope someone can help me do it in UNIX.

This will be a repeated process for me and having a right code will really help me a lot. Unfortunately my limited knowledge in UNIX wont help me too.
# 4  
Old 03-10-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by kharen11
Hi Masters! I know this problem is quite difficult.
I have two files that looked like this:

File1
mary a b d
anne d e
jane g h
sam a

File2
role1 a d c d
role2 e f g h
role3 a b d
role4 a d e
role5 g h

It will first look into file1 then compare to all entries in file2 regardless of arrangement.

The output should be:
mary role1 role3
anne role 4
jane role2 role5
sam role1 role3 role4

I've tried some other way to do this but unsuccessful. Can it be done in UNIX?

What are the criteria? This script looks for all lines in File2 that contain any of the letters after the name, but the ouput doesn't match yours:

Code:
while read name a b c d e
do
  [ -n "$a$b$c$d$e" ] &&
  result=$( grep ${a:+-e " $a"} ${b:+-e " $b"} ${c:+-e " $c"} \
             ${d:+-e " $d"} ${e:+-e " $e"} File2 | cut -d ' ' -f1)
  set -- $result
  echo "$name" $result
done < File1

# 5  
Old 03-10-2007
The files on file1 can go over several rows and columns as well as for file2. For example, mary has a, b and d. It will then search the file2 that contains a, b and d (it should be all not any) which in this case role1 and role3. Then it will begin searching for second entry in file1 who is anne, and so on.
# 6  
Old 03-11-2007
Code:
#! /opt/third-party/bin/perl

open(FILE, "<", b) || die ("Unable to open file. <$!>\n");

while( <FILE> ) {
  chomp;
  @split_arr = split(/ /, $_);
  my $dump;
  for( my $i = 1; $i < $#split_arr + 1; $i++ ) {
    $dump .= $split_arr[$i];
  }
  $fileHash{$split_arr[0]} = $dump;
}

close(FILE);

open(FILE, "<", a) || die ("Unable to open file. <$!>\n");

while( <FILE> ) {
  chomp;
  @split_arr = split(/ /, $_);
  my $dump;
  for( my $i = 1; $i < $#split_arr + 1; $i++ ) {
    $dump .= $split_arr[$i];
  }
  print "$split_arr[0] ";
  foreach my $key ( keys %fileHash ) {
    if( $fileHash{$key} =~ m/$dump/ ) {
      print "$key ";
    }
  }
  print "\n";
}

close(FILE);

exit 0

I have onething to be clarified,

from the examples provided,
for mary only role3 would match
and not
both role3 and role1

Could you please check and confirm that ? Smilie
# 7  
Old 03-11-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by matrixmadhan
Code:
#! /opt/third-party/bin/perl

open(FILE, "<", b) || die ("Unable to open file. <$!>\n");

while( <FILE> ) {
  chomp;
  @split_arr = split(/ /, $_);
  my $dump;
  for( my $i = 1; $i < $#split_arr + 1; $i++ ) {
    $dump .= $split_arr[$i];
  }
  $fileHash{$split_arr[0]} = $dump;
}

close(FILE);

open(FILE, "<", a) || die ("Unable to open file. <$!>\n");

while( <FILE> ) {
  chomp;
  @split_arr = split(/ /, $_);
  my $dump;
  for( my $i = 1; $i < $#split_arr + 1; $i++ ) {
    $dump .= $split_arr[$i];
  }
  print "$split_arr[0] ";
  foreach my $key ( keys %fileHash ) {
    if( $fileHash{$key} =~ m/$dump/ ) {
      print "$key ";
    }
  }
  print "\n";
}

close(FILE);

exit 0

I have onething to be clarified,

from the examples provided,
for mary only role3 would match
and not
both role3 and role1

Could you please check and confirm that ? Smilie

Yes, you're right Smilie
Can you tell me where in the code is the first file and the second file?
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