Joining two files with multiple columns

Question

[vharshavardhanan]

I have two files with large data with matching id at different column. I want to merge those identical columns with other values along the line. I want to merge file 1 (column 10) and file 2 (column 8)

File 1

chr0    385308    T    A    228    hom    17    17    .    BCL026842    384745    386336    +
chr0    589920    C    T    73    het    16    5    .    BCL026857    589920    590284    -
chr0    589925    T    C    203    hom    15    15    .    BCL026858    589920    590284    -
chr0    590091    C    T    140    hom    6    6    .    BCL026759    589920    590284    -
chr0    590131    A    C    74    hom    4    4    .    BCL026660    589920    590284    -
chr0    590142    A    C    159    hom    7    7    .    BCL025261    589920    590284    -
chr0    590161    G    A    228    hom    10    10    .    BCL024262    589920    590284    -
chr0    590193    A    G    228    hom    15    15    .    BCL023163    589920    590284    -
chr0    590281    G    A    228    hom    20    20    .    BCL026864    589920    590284    -

File 2

g111    scaffold00001    52496    52496    G    C    exonic    BCL026842    nonsynonymous SNV    "BCL001919:BCL001919T1:exon3:c.427C>G:p.P143A,"
g112    scaffold00001    52501    52501    G    T    exonic    BCL026857    nonsynonymous SNV    "BCL001919:BCL001919T1:exon3:c.422C>A:p.T141N,"
g122    scaffold00001    60197    60197    G    A    exonic    BCL026858    synonymous SNV    "BCL001920:BCL001920T1:exon2:c.276C>T:p.D92D,"
g156    scaffold00001    80052    80052    C    T    exonic    BCL026859    synonymous SNV    "BCL001921:BCL001921T2:exon1:c.240G>A:p.P80P,BCL001921:BCL001921T3:exon1:c.240G>A:p.P80P,"
g328    scaffold00001    166481    166481    C    T    exonic    BCL026860    synonymous SNV    "BCL001929:BCL001929T1:exon3:c.1110G>A:p.T370T,"
g329    scaffold00001    168237    168237    T    A    exonic    BCL026861    nonsynonymous SNV    "BCL001929:BCL001929T1:exon1:c.92A>T:p.N31I,"
g360    scaffold00001    178660    178660    T    C    exonic    BCL026862    synonymous SNV    "BCL001930:BCL001930T1:exon2:c.177A>G:p.G59G,"
g370    scaffold00001    180974    180974    A    G    exonic    BCL026863    synonymous SNV    "BCL001931:BCL001931T1:exon6:c.1521T>C:p.F507F,BCL001931:BCL001931T2:exon6:c.1521T>C:p.F507F,"
g414    scaffold00001    189463    189463    A    G    exonic    BCL026864    nonsynonymous SNV    "BCL001933:BCL001933T1:exon1:c.56T>C:p.V19A,"

Desired output

chr0    385308    T    A    228    hom    17    17    .    BCL026842    384745    386336    +    g111    scaffold00001    52496    52496    G    C    exonic    BCL026842    nonsynonymous SNV    "BCL001919:BCL001919T1:exon3:c.427C>G:p.P143A,"
chr0    589920    C    T    73    het    16    5    .    BCL026857    589920    590284    -   g112    scaffold00001    52501    52501    G    T    exonic    BCL026857    nonsynonymous SNV    "BCL001919:BCL001919T1:exon3:c.422C>A:p.T141N,"
chr0    589925    T    C    203    hom    15    15    .    BCL026858    589920    590284    -   g122    scaffold00001    60197    60197    G    A    exonic    BCL026858    synonymous SNV    "BCL001920:BCL001920T1:exon2:c.276C>T:p.D92D,"
chr0    590281    G    A    228    hom    20    20    .    BCL026864    589920    590284    -   g414    scaffold00001    189463    189463    A    G    exonic    BCL026864    nonsynonymous SNV    "BCL001933:BCL001933T1:exon1:c.56T>C:p.V19A,"

Any response in any command is appreciated. Thank you in advance

Answer 1

[michael.ante]

Using join it's quite easy. Of course, you need to sort the files according to the field to join them:

join -1 10 -2 8 <(sort -k10 FILE1) <(sort -k8 FILE2) > joined_file.txt

If you want to select certain fields you can use either the -o option in the join command (-o 1.1,1.2...0,2.1,2.2...) or the cut tool on the joined file (cut -f 1,2,3.....)

[vharshavardhanan]

Thanks a lot!!! It worked!!!! :)