You can use awk like this:
awk 'FNR==NR{a[substr($2,1,3)];next} substr($2,1,3) in a' file1 file2
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solved How to find first three digits matching pattern from a single column between two text files [closed]
You can use awk like this:
awk 'FNR==NR{a[substr($2,1,3)];next} substr($2,1,3) in a' file1 file2
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solved How to find first three digits matching pattern from a single column between two text files [closed]