in reply to merging a file with a value present in another file

I'm having difficulty understanding exactly what you want. Perhaps you could include a brief sample of f1, f2 and the desired output.

A few things you need to cleanup while you are working on this:

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Re^2: merging a file with a value present in another file
by lakssreedhar (Acolyte) on Jul 13, 2012 at 10:00 UTC

    my file f1 is a tagged data some what in this format.{MCL}why is this{/MCL}.second file is in a column format where the rows are why,is and this. i want to add a field to the column like near the word why field should be<clause_start="mcl"> and near the word this field should be<clause_end="mcl">.

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      Please try again: as frozenwithjoy said, give us a sample of file1, a sample of file2, and a sample of what you want the output to be. Wrap each of these three samples in <code></code> tags to preserve their formatting. By a "sample," I mean a few lines that are enough to demonstrate your problem. One line is rarely enough; more than a dozen is usually too many.

      Aaron B.
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        file1 is

        {RP}makaravilYakkin Sabarimala ayyappanu cArZwwAnulYlYa wiruviwAMkUrZ rAjAvAyirunna SrI ciwwirawirunnAlYZ bAlarAmavarZmma natakk vacca  420 kilogrAM wUkkamulYlYa wafkayafki{/RP}{MCL} sUkRikkunnaw I kRewrawwilAN.{/MCL}

        file2 is

        <Sentence id="1">
1    ((    NP    
1.1    makaravilYakkin    NN    <fs af='makaravilYakk,n,any,sg,,d,,kk'
+ conj="blank" spec="blank" CASE_NAME="dat" dubi="blank">
    ))        
2    ((    NP    
2.1    Sabarimala    NNP    <fs af='Sabarimala,n,any,sg,,d,,0' conj="b
+lank" spec="blank" CASE_NAME="nom" dubi="blank">
2.2    ayyappanu    NN    <fs af='ayyappanu,unkn,,,,,,' poslcat="NM">
    ))        
3    ((    VGF    
3.1    cArZwwAnulYlYa    VM    <fs af='cArZww,v,any,any,any,,AnulYlYa,
+AnulYlYa'>
    ))        
4    ((    NP    
4.1    wiruviwAMkUrZ    QF    <fs af='wiruviwAMkUrZ,n,any,sg,,d,,0' co
+nj="blank" spec="blank" CASE_NAME="nom" dubi="blank" poslcat="NM">
4.2    rAjAvAyirunna    NN    <fs af='rAjAv,n,m,sg,,o,,yAyirunna' conj
+="blank" spec="blank" CASE_NAME="nom" dubi="blank">
    ))        
5    ((    NP    
5.1    SrI    UNK    <fs af='SrI,n,any,sg,,d,,0' conj="blank" spec="bl
+ank" CASE_NAME="nom" dubi="blank" poslcat="NM">
5.2    ciwwirawirunnAlYZ    NN    <fs af='ciwwirawirunnAlYZ,unkn,,,,,,
+' poslcat="NM">
5.3    bAlarAmavarZmma    NNP    <fs af='bAlarAmavarZmma,unkn,,,,,,' p
+oslcat="NM">
5.4    natakk    NN    <fs af='nata,n,any,sg,,d,,kk' conj="blank" spec
+="blank" CASE_NAME="dat" dubi="blank">
    ))        
6    ((    VGF    
6.1    vacca    VM    <fs af='vaykk,v,any,any,any,,ta,ta' CASE_NAME="n
+om">
    ))        
7    ((    NP    
7.1    420    QC    <fs af='420,num,,,,,,'>
7.2    kilogrAM    NN    <fs af='kilogrAM,unkn,,,,,,' poslcat="NM">
    ))        
8    ((    NP    
8.1    wUkkamulYlYa    NN    <fs af='wUkkaM,n,any,sg,,d,,yulYlYa' conj
+="blank" spec="blank" CASE_NAME="nom" dubi="blank">
8.2    wafkayafki    NNP    <fs af='wafkayafki,unkn,,,,,,' poslcat="NM
+">
    ))        
9    ((    VGNF    
9.1    sUkRikkunnaw    VM    <fs af='sUkRikk,v,any,any,any,,unnaw,unna
+w'>
    ))        
10    ((    NP    
10.1    I    DEM    <fs af='I,pn,any,sg,,,,0' conj="blank" spec="blank
+" CASE_NAME="nom" dubi="blank">
10.2    kRewrawwilAN    NN    <fs af='kRewraM,n,any,sg,,d,,yilAN' conj
+="blank" spec="blank" CASE_NAME="nom" dubi="blank">
10.3    .    SYM    <fs af='.,punc,,,,,,' poslcat="NM">
    ))        
</Sentence>

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        my output file should be

        <Sentence id="1">
1    ((    NP    
1.1    makaravilYakkin    NN    <fs af='makaravilYakk,n,any,sg,,d,,kk'
+ conj="blank" spec="blank" CASE_NAME="dat" dubi="blank" clause_start=
+"rp">
    ))        
2    ((    NP    
2.1    Sabarimala    NNP    <fs af='Sabarimala,n,any,sg,,d,,0' conj="b
+lank" spec="blank" CASE_NAME="nom" dubi="blank">
2.2    ayyappanu    NN    <fs af='ayyappanu,unkn,,,,,,' poslcat="NM">
    ))        
3    ((    VGF    
3.1    cArZwwAnulYlYa    VM    <fs af='cArZww,v,any,any,any,,AnulYlYa,
+AnulYlYa'>
    ))        
4    ((    NP    
4.1    wiruviwAMkUrZ    QF    <fs af='wiruviwAMkUrZ,n,any,sg,,d,,0' co
+nj="blank" spec="blank" CASE_NAME="nom" dubi="blank" poslcat="NM">
4.2    rAjAvAyirunna    NN    <fs af='rAjAv,n,m,sg,,o,,yAyirunna' conj
+="blank" spec="blank" CASE_NAME="nom" dubi="blank">
    ))        
5    ((    NP    
5.1    SrI    UNK    <fs af='SrI,n,any,sg,,d,,0' conj="blank" spec="bl
+ank" CASE_NAME="nom" dubi="blank" poslcat="NM">
5.2    ciwwirawirunnAlYZ    NN    <fs af='ciwwirawirunnAlYZ,unkn,,,,,,
+' poslcat="NM">
5.3    bAlarAmavarZmma    NNP    <fs af='bAlarAmavarZmma,unkn,,,,,,' p
+oslcat="NM">
5.4    natakk    NN    <fs af='nata,n,any,sg,,d,,kk' conj="blank" spec
+="blank" CASE_NAME="dat" dubi="blank">
    ))        
6    ((    VGF    
6.1    vacca    VM    <fs af='vaykk,v,any,any,any,,ta,ta' CASE_NAME="n
+om">
    ))        
7    ((    NP    
7.1    420    QC    <fs af='420,num,,,,,,'>
7.2    kilogrAM    NN    <fs af='kilogrAM,unkn,,,,,,' poslcat="NM">
    ))        
8    ((    NP    
8.1    wUkkamulYlYa    NN    <fs af='wUkkaM,n,any,sg,,d,,yulYlYa' conj
+="blank" spec="blank" CASE_NAME="nom" dubi="blank">
8.2    wafkayafki    NNP    <fs af='wafkayafki,unkn,,,,,,' poslcat="NM
+" clause_end="rp">
    ))        
9    ((    VGNF    
9.1    sUkRikkunnaw    VM    <fs af='sUkRikk,v,any,any,any,,unnaw,unna
+w'>
    ))        
10    ((    NP    
10.1    I    DEM    <fs af='I,pn,any,sg,,,,0' conj="blank" spec="blank
+" CASE_NAME="nom" dubi="blank">
10.2    kRewrawwilAN    NN    <fs af='kRewraM,n,any,sg,,d,,yilAN' conj
+="blank" spec="blank" CASE_NAME="nom" dubi="blank">
10.3    .    SYM    <fs af='.,punc,,,,,,' poslcat="NM">
    ))        
</Sentence>

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