Re: problem with join command

[Bob Proulx]

kevin wrote:
> I want to use join command with this 2 files :

> test1:
> 1 a
> 2 a
> 3 a
> 45 a
> 78 a
> 152 a
> 1896 a

The input files to join must be sorted.  The above is not.

Please see this reference for more information.

  
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#join-requires-sorted-input-files

Bob