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Old 11-29-2012
Grep if the name exists, otherwie leave blank
I have two files,
file1:
Code:
name1
name2
name3
name4
name5
name6

file2
Code:
name1 group1
name3 group2
name4 group3
name6 group4
name9 group5
name10 group6
name11 group7
name12

I need a code that will match the name column in file1 with the group column in file2, if that exists, otherwise will leave it blank. In other words, I want this output:

Code:
name1 group1
name2
name3 group2
name4 group3
name5
name6

# 2  
Old 11-29-2012
Code:
awk 'NR==FNR{A[$1]=$2;next}{print $1,A[$1]}' file2 file1

OR

Code:
join file1 file2 -a 1

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# 3  
Old 11-29-2012
Thanks! The first code works great, the second works only in sorted files but it seems quick and useful anyways
# 4  
Old 11-29-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by FelipeAd
Thanks! The first code works great, the second works only in sorted files but it seems quick and useful anyways
Yes i forgot to mention this.

for using join we need files to be in sorted order.Smilie

pamu
# 5  
Old 11-29-2012
Do you know how to modify your first solution if file2 has more columns?
# 6  
Old 11-30-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by FelipeAd
Do you know how to modify your first solution if file2 has more columns?
Try

Code:
$ cat file1
name1
name2
name3
name4
name5
name6

Code:
$ cat file2
name1 group1 good
name3 group2 bad success
name4 group3 good
name6 group4 good success success
name9 group5 good
name10 group6 bad
name11 group7 good

Code:
$ awk 'NR==FNR{A[$1]=$0;next}{print A[$1]?A[$1]:$1}' file2 file1
name1 group1 good
name2
name3 group2 bad success
name4 group3 good
name5
name6 group4 good success success

I hope this helps Smilie

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