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command:
$ cat test.112 Jane 1624 Kristen 9015 Clarke 7823 Joann 31 $ cat test.212 0.00924 0.73815 0.39223 1.2E-5 $ join -j1 -o 2.1,2.2,1.2,1.3 <(sort test.1) <(sort test.2)12 0.009 Jane 1615 0.392 Clarke 7823 1.2E-5 Joann 3124 0.738 Kristen 90$