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From: | Michael |
Subject: | bug#12659: the join command bug report! |
Date: | Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:43:27 +0800 |
" Important: FILE1 and FILE2 must be sorted on the join fields."There is only words above in the manual. it should mention the sort method at least. I strongly suggest improve the join maunal in the latter distribution.
Thanks Michael -------------------------------------------------- From: "Paul Eggert" <address@hidden> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 11:14 PM To: "Michael" <address@hidden> Cc: <address@hidden> Subject: Re: bug#12659: the join command bug report!
On 10/17/2012 12:19 AM, Michael wrote:# sort -n file1 > file3 # sort -n file2 > file4 # join file3 file4That won't work. You have to join with the same sorting order that you sorted with. This is discussed in the manual.
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