> Hello my name is Tari, and I am a novice on this unix. My problem bug is
> that I am also getting the message
>
> join: too many non-option agruments, when I am trying to join to files.
>
> For example:
> join -t: -a1 -j1 1 -j2 1 pnn pnum > pacetrep
The man page says that -j takes one value. You have two values following
the -j.
-j FIELD
equivalent to `-1 FIELD -2 FIELD'
It appears that you want either this:
$ join -t: -a1 -1 1 -2 1 pnn pnum >pacetrep
or
$ join -t: -a1 -j 1 pnn pnum >pacetrep
When something does not work, you should carefully read the man
pages.
$ man join
Most times it is also useful to also try using --help, which also gives
the information needed to solve your problem.
$ join --help
> So every time the command is entered, I receive the error above. Any
> suggestions.
>
> Thank you,
> Tari
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