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Hi,

I have two files with the same number of columns. Basically I want to print the 2 columns that match between the two files.

File1 looks like this:

dr12 12 6 abn
dr14 12 7 abn

File2 looks something like this:

dr12 12 8 abn
dr12 14 7 abn

So basically if the first two columns match, then I want to print them to a new file (so it will look like this):

dr12 12 6 abn

thanks

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