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

From: Pádraig Brady <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:16:13 +0100

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.