Re: how to extract an array and sorted by the array

[lina]

File 1:

1 C1
2 O1
3 C2
4 C3
5 H3
6 C7
7 O2
8 H22
9 C6
10 H61
11 C5
12 H5
13 C4
14 C8
15 C9
16 C10
17 O3
18 C11
19 C12
20 O4
21 C13
22 C14
23 C15
24 C20
25 H20
26 C16
27 H16
28 C17
29 H17
30 C18
31 O6
32 H62
33 C19
34 O5
35 C21

File 2:
3 H16
4 H5
6 H61
7 H17
9 H20
12 H3
13 C1
14 O1
15 C2
16 C3
17 C4
18 C5
19 C6
20 C7
21 C8
22 C9
23 C10
24 O3
25 C11
26 C12
27 O4
28 C13
29 C14
30 C15
31 C20
32 C19
33 C18
34 C17
35 C16
36 O5
37 C21
38 O6
39 H62
40 O2
41 H22

I wish the fied 2 from file 2 arranged the same sequence as the field
2 of file 1.

Thanks


On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 12:38 PM, lina <lina.lastname@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How can I extract the array (a b c) out from file 1
>
> 10 a
> 11 b
> 12 c
>
> and sort the file 2:
>
> which  b
> why    c
> what   a
>
> into the form of
>
> what   a
> which b
> why   c
>
> --
> Best Regards,
>
> lina
>