join for filters

Signature

> join {flags} (right-table) (left-on) (right-on)

Flags

• --prefix, -p {string}: Prefix columns from the right table with this string (excluding the shared join key).
• --suffix, -s {string}: Suffix columns from the right table with this string (excluding the shared join key).
• --inner, -i: Inner join (default).
• --left, -l: Left-outer join.
• --right, -r: Right-outer join.
• --outer, -o: Outer join.

Parameters

• right-table: The right table in the join.
• left-on: Name of column in input (left) table to join on.
• right-on: Name of column in right table to join on. Defaults to same column as left table.

Input/output types:

Examples

Join two tables

> [{a: 1 b: 2}] | join [{a: 1 c: 3}] a
╭───┬───┬───┬───╮
│ # │ a │ b │ c │
├───┼───┼───┼───┤
│ 0 │ 1 │ 2 │ 3 │
╰───┴───┴───┴───╯

Join multiple tables with distinct suffixes for the right table's columns

> [{id: 1 x: 10}] | join --suffix _a [{id: 1 x: 20}] id | join --suffix _b [{id: 1 x: 30}] id
╭───┬────┬────┬─────┬─────╮
│ # │ id │ x  │ x_a │ x_b │
├───┼────┼────┼─────┼─────┤
│ 0 │  1 │ 10 │  20 │  30 │
╰───┴────┴────┴─────┴─────╯

Join multiple tables with a prefix for the right table's columns

> [{id: 1 x: 10}] | join --prefix r_ [{id: 1 x: 20}] id
╭───┬────┬────┬─────╮
│ # │ id │ x  │ r_x │
├───┼────┼────┼─────┤
│ 0 │  1 │ 10 │  20 │
╰───┴────┴────┴─────╯