#!/usr/local/bin/zsh INDEX=1 while [ $INDEX -lt 70000 ] do PREFIXES=`grep "[[:space:]]$INDEX$" example|awk '{print $1}'` if [ $PREFIXES ] then a=`echo $PREFIXES|aggregate` echo $a|awk '{print $1, "\t'$INDEX'"}' let INDEX=$INDEX+1 else let INDEX=$INDEX+1 fi done