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# 1  
Old 05-29-2019
Compare two columns of one file to two columns in another file
I Have two files as below,

first file:

Code:
Start State |Next State |Session Count |Transition%

LA_product_view |home |694 |28.660%

LA_product_view | searchresults |54 |2.230%

home | 1101260 | 2 | 0.050%

second file:

Code:
Start State Next State Session Count Transition%

LA_product_view |home | 618 | 27.560%

LA_product_view |searchresults | 59 | 2.630%

home | price | 25 | 0.360%

i need to compare first two coloumns of first file and first two coloumns of second file and if they both match it should print 3,4 coloums of both file.if both the files has unique they should be listed with NA from the both files. my output should be like:

Code:
LA_product_view | home | 694 |28.660% |618 |27.560%

LA_product_view | searchresults |54 | 2.230% | 59 |2.630%

home | 1101260 | 2 |0.050% |N/A | N/A

home | price | N/A | N/A | 25 | 0.360%

can someone please help me in this..!
Last edited by vgersh99; 05-29-2019 at 10:52 AM.. Reason: Code tags, please!
# 2  
Old 05-29-2019
If you got a recent bash or ksh with "process substitution", and

Code:
join --version
join (GNU coreutils) 8.30

, try
Code:
join  -t"|" -a1 -a2 -e"N/A" -o auto --nocheck-order --header  <(sed  's/|/#/' file1) <(sed 's/|/#/' file2) | sed 's/#/|/'
Start State|Next State Session | Count |Transition%|Session Count|Transition%
LA_product_view|home|694|28.660%|618|27.560%
LA_product_view|searchresults|54|2.230%|59 |2.630%
home|price |N/A|N/A|25|0.360%
home|view|2|0.050%|N/A|N/A

# 3  
Old 05-29-2019
@RudiC
mine is join (GNU coreutils) 8.22
i tried above it didnt work...any awk solution if possible?

--- Post updated at 01:16 PM ---

@RudiC
please help me if my files are in comma separated can u check will this work
file1.txt:
Code:
Start State,Next State,Session Count,Transition%
/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/home,/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/home,1126,28.600%
/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/home,/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/LA_product_view,818,20.780%
/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/home,/ccstoreui/v1/orders/price,21,0.530%
/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/home,/ccstoreui/v1/login/,997,25.330%
/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/home,/ccstoreui/v1/organizations,31,0.780%
/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/home,/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/partsVisualizer,167,4.240%

file2.txt:
Code:
/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/home,/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/LA_product_view,894,13.100%
/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/home,/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/home,1184,17.350%
/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/home,/ccstoreui/v1/orders/price,25,0.360%
/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/home,/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/searchresults,226,3.310%
/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/home,/ccstoreui/v1/inventories/LA_entry,3,0.040%
/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/home,/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/cart,51,0.740%

can u check if this is like this
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Last edited by vgersh99; 05-29-2019 at 10:23 AM.. Reason: Code tags, please!
# 4  
Old 05-29-2019
What keeps you from checking it yourself, reading the join man page if need be?
# 5  
Old 05-29-2019
@rudic
i checked with this
join -t"," -a1 -a2 -e"N/A" -o auto --nocheck-order --header <(sed 's/,/#/' file1.txt) <(sed 's/,/#/' file2.txt) | sed 's/#/,/'

it didnt worked...!
# 6  
Old 05-29-2019
You may need to pre-process your files; sorting them but keeping the header in line 1. Then, join on field 2.
# 7  
Old 05-29-2019
a bit verbose, but try: awk -f rag.awk file1 file2 where rag.awk is:
Code:
BEGIN {
  FS=OFS=","
}
{idx=$1 OFS $2; _34=$3 OFS $4}
FNR==NR {if (FNR>1) f1[idx]=_34; next}
idx in f1 { print idx, f1[idx], _34; delete f1[idx];next}
{print idx, "NA","NA", _34}
END {
  for (i in f1)
     print i, f1[i], "NA", "NA"
}

You didn't provide the expected output for your latest sample files, but... the above produces - not sure if it's what you'd expect:
Code:
/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/home,/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/LA_product_view,818,20.780%,894,13.100%
/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/home,/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/home,1126,28.600%,1184,17.350%
/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/home,/ccstoreui/v1/orders/price,21,0.530%,25,0.360%
/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/home,/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/searchresults,NA,NA,226,3.310%
/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/home,/ccstoreui/v1/inventories/LA_entry,NA,NA,3,0.040%
/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/home,/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/cart,NA,NA,51,0.740%
/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/home,/ccstoreui/v1/organizations,31,0.780%,NA,NA
/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/home,/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/partsVisualizer,167,4.240%,NA,NA
/ccstoreui/v1/pages/layout/home,/ccstoreui/v1/login/,997,25.330%,NA,NA

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