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AWK Script:  Join two tables on common field

Script-1: All rows have equal number of fields in table-1

::::::::::::::
table1
::::::::::::::
2,xx,yy,zz
1,x,y,z
3,xxx,yyy,zzz



::::::::::::::
table2
::::::::::::::
1,a,b,c,d
3,aaa,bbb,ccc,ddd
2,aa,bb,cc,dd
3,aaa3,bb3,cc3,dd3


awk -F',' 'NR==FNR {a[$1]=($0);next} a[$1] {$1=a[$1]} {print $0}' OFS=',' table1 table2
1,x,y,z,a,b,c,d
3,xxx,yyy,zzz,aaa,bbb,ccc,ddd
2,xx,yy,zz,aa,bb,cc,dd
3,xxx,yyy,zzz,aaa3,bb3,cc3,dd3 

Script-2: Some of rows have less fields in table-1

::::::::::::::
table1
::::::::::::::
2,xx,yy
1,x,y,z
3,xxx,yyy,zzz

::::::::::::::
table2
::::::::::::::
1,a,b,c,d
3,aaa,bbb,ccc,ddd
2,aa,bb,cc,dd
3,aaa3,bb3,cc3,dd3


awk -F',' 'NR==FNR {a[$1]=($1","$2","$3","$4);next} a[$1] {$1=a[$1]} {print $0}' OFS=',' table1 table2
1,x,y,z,a,b,c,d
3,xxx,yyy,zzz,aaa,bbb,ccc,ddd
2,xx,yy,,aa,bb,cc,dd
3,xxx,yyy,zzz,aaa3,bb3,cc3,dd3 



 



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