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		ainar-g on Dec 31, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Doing a database join with CSV files > GNU Join The join utility is actually a part of POSIX[1], so every UNIX should have one. Here's one from OpenBSD[2], for example. The GNU version probably has more flags though. [1] https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/j... [2] https://man.openbsd.org/join.1

dmd on Jan 1, 2020 | [–]

Plus POSIX join requires pre-sorted inputs.

BTW, there's never a bad time to mention http://johnkerl.org/miller/doc/ ...

ramraj07 on Jan 1, 2020 | [–]

Yeah my colleague went down the rabbit hole and swore never again. Good luck with carriage return bugs!

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