Subject: bug#9325: closed (Re: bug#9325: document that "all bets are off if the file contains non-unique join fields")

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:19:02 +0000

Your bug report

#9325: document that "all bets are off if the file contains non-unique join fields"

which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#9325: document that "all bets are off if the file contains non-unique join fields"
From: Pádraig Brady <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:16:13 +0100
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On 08/18/2011 09:29 PM, [email-masked] wrote:
> Mention in the join(1) documents that "all bets are off if the file
> contains non-unique join fields", e.g.,
> a
> b
> b
> c
> Also mention if you get this email.

non unique fields are supported

$ join <(printf "%s\n" 'a 1' 'b 2' 'b 3' 'c 4') <(printf "%s\n" a b c)
a 1
b 2
b 3
c 4

cheers,
Pádraig.

Subject: document that "all bets are off if the file contains non-unique join fields"
From: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:29:32 +0800
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Mention in the join(1) documents that "all bets are off if the file
contains non-unique join fields", e.g.,
a
b
b
c
Also mention if you get this email.