Barry Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm a bit confused as I would have assumed that if both files were
> sorted in the same manner, then join shouldn't have any reason to have
> trouble with them.
Thanks for the report, but that's the way it's required to work.
Join requires that both inputs be sorted (a la `sort -b') on the field
on which you're joining. The manual says this (note the last sentence below):
`join' writes to standard output a line for each pair of input lines
that have identical join fields. Synopsis:
join [OPTION]... FILE1 FILE2
Either FILE1 or FILE2 (but not both) can be `-', meaning standard
input. FILE1 and FILE2 should be sorted on the join fields.
_______________________________________________
Bug-textutils mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-textutils
