help using awk
 

I need a little help using awk.

Lets say file1 has

Office: 1 : 300
Home: 2 : 500
Retail: 3 : 100

file 2 has

2: Admin
2: Street
1: Avenue
3: Example

How do i set up awk so that it will choose the second column $2 and compare it the numbers in file 2 and display the which ones are similiar..For example when the user chooses number 2. then it would display 2:Admin and 2: Street

What have you tried to do?

I agree with jf that you need to show what you have tried and or failed at. The only hint I would give if using awk is to remember that you will read all of
file1 prior to reading the first line in file2.