JOIN(1)
NAME
join - join lines of two files on a common field
SYNOPSIS
join [OPTION]... FILE1 FILE2
DESCRIPTION
For each pair of input lines with identical join fields, write a line to standard output. The default join field is the first, delimited by whitespace. When FILE1 or FILE2 (not both) is -, read standard input.
- -a FILENUM
- print unpairable lines coming from file FILENUM, where FILENUM is 1 or 2, corresponding to FILE1 or FILE2
- -e EMPTY
- replace missing input fields with EMPTY
- -i, --ignore-case
- ignore differences in case when comparing fields
- -j FIELD
- equivalent to `-1 FIELD -2 FIELD'
- -o FORMAT
- obey FORMAT while constructing output line
- -t CHAR
- use CHAR as input and output field separator
- -v FILENUM
- like -a FILENUM, but suppress joined output lines
- -1 FIELD
- join on this FIELD of file 1
- -2 FIELD
- join on this FIELD of file 2
- --check-order
- check that the input is correctly sorted, even if all input lines are pairable
- --nocheck-order
- do not check that the input is correctly sorted
- --header
- treat the first line in each file as field headers, print them without trying to pair them
- --help display this help and exit
- --version
- output version information and exit
- Unless -t CHAR is given, leading blanks separate fields and are ignored, else fields are separated by CHAR. Any FIELD is a field number counted from 1. FORMAT is one or more comma or blank separated specifications, each being `FILENUM.FIELD' or `0'. Default FORMAT outputs the join field, the remaining fields from FILE1, the remaining fields from FILE2, all separated by CHAR.
- Important: FILE1 and FILE2 must be sorted on the join fields. E.g., use ` sort -k 1b,1 ' if `join' has no options, or use ` join -t '' ' if `sort' has no options. Note, comparisons honor the rules specified by `LC_COLLATE'. If the input is not sorted and some lines cannot be joined, a warning message will be given.
AUTHOR
Written by Mike Haertel.
REPORTING BUGS
Report join bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report join translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
- The full documentation for join is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
the info and join programs are properly installed at your site, the
command
- info coreutils 'join invocation'
- should give you access to the complete manual.