Compare first and second column of two files and print the row from second file if there is a match

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I went through the answers in the following question but I couldn't get expected output as shown below.



comparing the first column of two files and printing the entire row of the second file if the first columns match



File 1



CLASS|124655
CLASS|124656
CLASS|124657
CLASS|124658


File 2



CLASS|124655|STEVE|SMITH||
CLASS|124656|ROGERS|KNIGHT||
CLASS|124657|MITCHELL|BRADFORD||
CLASS|124657||||1236536
CLASS|124658|NORMAN|JONES||
CLASS|124658||||1236539
CLASS|124665|JEFF|JONES||
CLASS|124665||||1236556


Expected output



CLASS|124655|STEVE|SMITH||
CLASS|124656|ROGERS|KNIGHT||
CLASS|124657|MITCHELL|BRADFORD||
CLASS|124657||||1236536
CLASS|124658|NORMAN|JONES||
CLASS|124658||||1236539


I tried grep -f file1 file2 but it got killed by the Kernel and it was taking too long to process. File 1 and File 2 have more than 1m records.










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    I went through the answers in the following question but I couldn't get expected output as shown below.



    comparing the first column of two files and printing the entire row of the second file if the first columns match



    File 1



    CLASS|124655
    CLASS|124656
    CLASS|124657
    CLASS|124658


    File 2



    CLASS|124655|STEVE|SMITH||
    CLASS|124656|ROGERS|KNIGHT||
    CLASS|124657|MITCHELL|BRADFORD||
    CLASS|124657||||1236536
    CLASS|124658|NORMAN|JONES||
    CLASS|124658||||1236539
    CLASS|124665|JEFF|JONES||
    CLASS|124665||||1236556


    Expected output



    CLASS|124655|STEVE|SMITH||
    CLASS|124656|ROGERS|KNIGHT||
    CLASS|124657|MITCHELL|BRADFORD||
    CLASS|124657||||1236536
    CLASS|124658|NORMAN|JONES||
    CLASS|124658||||1236539


    I tried grep -f file1 file2 but it got killed by the Kernel and it was taking too long to process. File 1 and File 2 have more than 1m records.










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      I went through the answers in the following question but I couldn't get expected output as shown below.



      comparing the first column of two files and printing the entire row of the second file if the first columns match



      File 1



      CLASS|124655
      CLASS|124656
      CLASS|124657
      CLASS|124658


      File 2



      CLASS|124655|STEVE|SMITH||
      CLASS|124656|ROGERS|KNIGHT||
      CLASS|124657|MITCHELL|BRADFORD||
      CLASS|124657||||1236536
      CLASS|124658|NORMAN|JONES||
      CLASS|124658||||1236539
      CLASS|124665|JEFF|JONES||
      CLASS|124665||||1236556


      Expected output



      CLASS|124655|STEVE|SMITH||
      CLASS|124656|ROGERS|KNIGHT||
      CLASS|124657|MITCHELL|BRADFORD||
      CLASS|124657||||1236536
      CLASS|124658|NORMAN|JONES||
      CLASS|124658||||1236539


      I tried grep -f file1 file2 but it got killed by the Kernel and it was taking too long to process. File 1 and File 2 have more than 1m records.










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      I went through the answers in the following question but I couldn't get expected output as shown below.



      comparing the first column of two files and printing the entire row of the second file if the first columns match



      File 1



      CLASS|124655
      CLASS|124656
      CLASS|124657
      CLASS|124658


      File 2



      CLASS|124655|STEVE|SMITH||
      CLASS|124656|ROGERS|KNIGHT||
      CLASS|124657|MITCHELL|BRADFORD||
      CLASS|124657||||1236536
      CLASS|124658|NORMAN|JONES||
      CLASS|124658||||1236539
      CLASS|124665|JEFF|JONES||
      CLASS|124665||||1236556


      Expected output



      CLASS|124655|STEVE|SMITH||
      CLASS|124656|ROGERS|KNIGHT||
      CLASS|124657|MITCHELL|BRADFORD||
      CLASS|124657||||1236536
      CLASS|124658|NORMAN|JONES||
      CLASS|124658||||1236539


      I tried grep -f file1 file2 but it got killed by the Kernel and it was taking too long to process. File 1 and File 2 have more than 1m records.







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          An awksolution would be this:



          $ awk -v FS="|" 'NR==FNR get[$1" get[$1"|"$2]' f1.txt f2.txt


          Don't know if this works for 1m records.






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          • Thanks. It worked.

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          An awksolution would be this:



          $ awk -v FS="|" 'NR==FNR get[$1" get[$1"|"$2]' f1.txt f2.txt


          Don't know if this works for 1m records.






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          • Thanks. It worked.

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          An awksolution would be this:



          $ awk -v FS="|" 'NR==FNR get[$1" get[$1"|"$2]' f1.txt f2.txt


          Don't know if this works for 1m records.






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          • Thanks. It worked.

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          An awksolution would be this:



          $ awk -v FS="|" 'NR==FNR get[$1" get[$1"|"$2]' f1.txt f2.txt


          Don't know if this works for 1m records.






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          An awksolution would be this:



          $ awk -v FS="|" 'NR==FNR get[$1" get[$1"|"$2]' f1.txt f2.txt


          Don't know if this works for 1m records.







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          • Thanks. It worked.

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          • Thanks. It worked.

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