WAS: script,awk,sed question?

Andrew Law andrewl at olivea.olivetti.com
Sat Jul 2 08:48:41 AEST 1988


Hello, someone out there,
I have two files:  
    file a                                file b
 with 'string 1' #n                with 'string 1' #1
      'string 5' #n                     'string 2' #2
                                        'string 3' #3
                                        'string 4' #4
                                        'string 5' #5
What I would like to do is to read file a and b. If there is
a match on the string in a to a string in b,  the #n will be 
SUBSTITUTED by the appropiate # number from file b.  
NOTE: 'string' and #n are some arbitrary fields inside each
record and cannot be assumed the $1 or $n. field.
Any suggestions on how to do with shell scripts, awk or sed.
Please help and send mail to andrewl at olivea.olivetti.com

Thank you very much.



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