join
Join lines of two sorted files on a common field. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/join.
- Join two files on the first (default) field:
join {{file1}} {{file2}}
- Join two files using a comma (instead of a space) as the field separator:
join -t {{','}} {{file1}} {{file2}}
- Join field3 of file1 with field1 of file2:
join -1 {{3}} -2 {{1}} {{file1}} {{file2}}
- Produce a line for each unpairable line for file1:
join -a {{1}} {{file1}} {{file2}}
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