As I understand it, yes. Because sample2 is just a sample output format, not the actual merged result of the three files, and the requirements mention that cells can be empty.

Hi Professor, Since I'm using a lot of lines of awk in the script, can awk commands be written as awk scripts (i.e., .awk) and then called in a shell script? If so, can they be packaged together during submission? Additionally, should awk files inclu...

Based on my understanding, columns within a file are separated by the tab character (" t"), rather than by spaces. While spaces may exist within a column, they are not employed to partition columns. Instead, spaces are utilized within a column to se...

Hi Professor I noticed that in the requirements of assignment 1, there is "Your script should only use Bash structures and the Linux commands that we have covered thus far in the unit. use any advanced Linux commands, such as sed or awk". But we have...