Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:7876 comp.unix.wizards:9688 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!oliveb!olivea!andrewl From: andrewl@olivea.olivetti.com (Andrew Law) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards,ca.unix Subject: script,awk,sed question? Keywords: script awk sed unix Message-ID: <24707@oliveb.olivetti.com> Date: 1 Jul 88 00:46:40 GMT Sender: news@oliveb.olivetti.com Lines: 15 Hello, 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. Any suggestions on how to do with shell scripts, awk or sed. Please send mail to andrewl@olivea.olivetti.com Thank you very much.