JOIN(1)                                   User Commands                                   JOIN(1)



NAME
       join - join lines of two files on a common field

SYNOPSIS
       join [OPTION]... FILE1 FILE2

DESCRIPTION
       For  each pair of input lines with identical join fields, write a line to standard output.
       The default join field is the first, delimited by whitespace.  When FILE1  or  FILE2  (not
       both) is -, read standard input.

       -a FILENUM
              also print unpairable lines from file FILENUM, where FILENUM is 1 or 2, correspond‐
              ing to FILE1 or FILE2

       -e EMPTY
              replace missing input fields with EMPTY

       -i, --ignore-case
              ignore differences in case when comparing fields

       -j FIELD
              equivalent to '-1 FIELD -2 FIELD'

       -o FORMAT
              obey FORMAT while constructing output line

       -t CHAR
              use CHAR as input and output field separator

       -v FILENUM
              like -a FILENUM, but suppress joined output lines

       -1 FIELD
              join on this FIELD of file 1

       -2 FIELD
              join on this FIELD of file 2

       --check-order
              check that the input is correctly sorted, even if all input lines are pairable

       --nocheck-order
              do not check that the input is correctly sorted

       --header
              treat the first line in each file as field headers, print them  without  trying  to
              pair them

       -z, --zero-terminated
              line delimiter is NUL, not newline

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       Unless  -t  CHAR is given, leading blanks separate fields and are ignored, else fields are
       separated by CHAR.  Any FIELD is a field number counted from 1.  FORMAT  is  one  or  more
       comma  or blank separated specifications, each being 'FILENUM.FIELD' or '0'.  Default FOR‐
       MAT outputs the join field, the remaining fields from FILE1,  the  remaining  fields  from
       FILE2,  all  separated  by  CHAR.  If FORMAT is the keyword 'auto', then the first line of
       each file determines the number of fields output for each line.

       Important: FILE1 and FILE2 must be sorted on the join fields.  E.g., use "sort -k 1b,1" if
       'join'  has  no  options, or use "join -t ''" if 'sort' has no options.  Note, comparisons
       honor the rules specified by 'LC_COLLATE'.  If the input is not sorted and some lines can‐
       not be joined, a warning message will be given.

AUTHOR
       Written by Mike Haertel.

REPORTING BUGS
       GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       Report join translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  ©  2014  Free  Software  Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or
       later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO  WARRANTY,
       to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       comm(1), uniq(1)

       Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/join>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) join invocation'



GNU coreutils 8.23                          March 2015                                    JOIN(1)