awk search column from one file, if match print columns from both files

Question

I\'m trying to compare column 1 from file1 and column 3 from file 2, if they match then print the first column from file1 and the two first columns from file2.

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Answer 1

You can use this awk:

awk -F '[| ]+' -v OFS='\t' 'NR==FNR{a[$4]=$1 OFS $2; next}
       $1 in a{print $1, a[$1]}' file2 file1
Cre01.g000100   chromosome_1    99034
Cre01.g000500   chromosome_1    71569
Cre01.g000650   chromosome_1    93952