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How to merge two /etc/group files

I have two files in style of /etc/group : root:x:0: daemon:x:1: bin:x:2: sys:x:3: adm:x:4:username tty:x:5: disk:x:6: lp:x:7: mail:x:8: news:x:9: ubuntu:x:999: And I want to merge them into a third ...
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Compare 2 Columns in 2 different files

I need to subtract second and third columns between 2 files based on the first column and do not show rows with diff_column_2(DIFF-IO)=diff_column_3(DIFF-SELECT)=0. Noting that the order can be random ...
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Stack data from multiple delimited files into one, with variable columns

I'm new to scripting. Got struck with a file merge issue in Unix. Was looking for some direction and stumbled upon this site. I saw many great posts and replies but couldn't find a solution to my ...
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Merge Two files depending on a Column, nth occurrence of a string in the column of file 1 to be merged with nth occurrence

Merge Two files depending on a column, nth occurrence of a string in column1 of file1 should be merged with nth occurrence of the same string in column1 of file2. I tried join but the results are not ...
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Compare first column of 2 files based on the second column using the delimiter ;

I need to compare below 2 files. The head_file: 2345;int builder( 1000;char type::edit::display <test>( 250;void unamed_string_tree* The ref_file: 2000;int builder( 500;...
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Adding column based on matching of second column

I have two files. The first file has the following format: 10D0325 2465 0 0 -9 -9 10D0598 2567 0 0 -9 -9 10D0562 2673 0 0 -9 -9 10D0175 2457 0 0 -9 -9 10D0241 2209 0 0 -9 -9 10D0954 2312 0 0 -9 -9 ...
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