Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 15:01:15 +0530 From: "SIVARAM N" <sivaramn@wipsys.ge.com> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: awk: working with multiple files Message-ID: <002901bf5cdf$c696d7a0$8b2fa8c0@wipsys.ge.com>
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Hi, I have 2 files both of which are sorted on one column. File1 file2 -------- -------- CCLC CCLA <desc> CCLD CCLC <desc> CCLK CCLD <desc> ... CCLE <desc> ... For every occurrence of column1 in file1, the desc should be picked from file2 if an occurrence is found . How do you do that? I think, reading the first file into an associative array in BEGIN would help but how do I stop reading into the array after the end of the first file & work with the 2nd file in the body ,when the files are passed through the command line? Please,no Perl , as I have only awk installed currently. Regards, Sivaram To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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