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  • morning latte
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    • Jun 2013
    • 91

    Command for vlookup function

    Hello experts,

    I have large text files that need to be arranged using a function like excel's vlookup. I have been playing with awk command but didn't really come up with a solution. Could anyone please help me out? Below are my datasets and expected output. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    <File 1>
    contig-100_1 5
    contig-100_30 10
    contig-100_50 20
    contig-100_40 15
    contig-100_60 25

    <File 2>
    contig-100_1 "Bacteria"
    contig-100_50 "Bacteria A"
    contig-100_60 "Bacteria A, Fungi B"

    <Expected output>
    contig-100_1 5 Bacteria
    contig-100_30 10 NA
    contig-100_50 20 Bacteria A
    contig-100_40 15 NA
    contig-100_60 25 Bacteria A, Fungi B
  • lindenb
    Senior Member
    • Apr 2010
    • 143

    #2
    you're looking for the 'join' command : http://linux.die.net/man/1/join

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