hi all, I have 2 files, and i want to merge based on the column which is common to both the files. here are my input files: 
file1:
TST_01  sp|123|fts
TST_02  sp|3438|rvs
TST_03  sp|2744|rtp

file2:
file1:
sp|123|fts  checked_proved
sp|3438|rvs  proven_right
sp|2744|rtp  un_proved

desired result file:
TST_01  sp|123|fts  checked_proved
TST_02  sp|3438|rvs  proven_right
TST_03  sp|2744|rtp  un_proved

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#!/usr/bin/perl
open(FH1,file1.txt);
open(FH2,file2.txt);
@array=<FH2>;

while($var=<FH1>){
  ($first,$second)=split("\t",$var);
  @grepped= grep ("$second",@array);
  print "$first\t@grepped\n";
}

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can any one help? thank you.

In reply to merging content based on common columns of 2 files using grep by heidi

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