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<H1>join(1)</H1>
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<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
join - relational database operator
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
<STRONG>join</STRONG> [<STRONG>-a</STRONG><EM>n</EM>] [<STRONG>-e</STRONG> <EM>s</EM>] [<STRONG>-o</STRONG> <EM>list</EM>] [<STRONG>-t</STRONG><EM>c</EM>] file1 file2
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
<STRONG>Join</STRONG> forms, on the standard output, a join of the two relations specified
by the lines of <EM>file1</EM> and <EM>file2</EM>. If <EM>file1</EM> is `-', the standard input is
used.
<EM>File1</EM> and <EM>file2</EM> must be sorted in increasing ASCII collating sequence on
the fields on which they are to be joined, normally the first in each
line.
There is one line in the output for each pair of lines in <EM>file1</EM> and <EM>file2</EM>
that have identical join fields. The output line normally consists of
the common field, then the rest of the line from <EM>file1</EM>, then the rest of
the line from <EM>file2</EM>.
Fields are normally separated by blank, tab or newline. In this case,
multiple separators count as one, and leading separators are discarded.
These options are recognized:
<STRONG>-a</STRONG><EM>n</EM> In addition to the normal output, produce a line for each unpairable
line in file <EM>n</EM>, where <EM>n</EM> is 1 or 2.
<STRONG>-e</STRONG> <EM>s</EM> Replace empty output fields by string <EM>s</EM>.
<STRONG>-o</STRONG> <EM>list</EM>
Each output line comprises the fields specified in <EM>list</EM>, each
element of which has the form <EM>n</EM>.<EM>m</EM>, where <EM>n</EM> is a file number and <EM>m</EM> is
a field number.
<STRONG>-t</STRONG><EM>c</EM> Use character <EM>c</EM> as a separator (tab character). Every appearance of
<EM>c</EM> in a line is significant.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="../man1/sort.1.html">sort(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="../man1/comm.1.html">comm(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="../man1/awk.1.html">awk(1)</A></STRONG>.
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<H2>BUGS</H2><PRE>
With default field separation, the collating sequence is that of <STRONG>sort</STRONG> <STRONG>-b</STRONG>;
with <STRONG>-t</STRONG>, the sequence is that of a plain sort.
The conventions of <STRONG>join</STRONG>, <STRONG>sort</STRONG>, <STRONG>comm</STRONG>, <STRONG>uniq</STRONG>, <STRONG>look</STRONG> and <STRONG><A HREF="../man1/awk.1.html">awk(1)</A></STRONG> are wildly
incongruous.
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