The join verb merges two files on a key field, here name, combining columns from emp-ids.csv into the rows of data.csv. The -f flag names the file to join against and -j names the shared key column. Rows without a match are dropped unless -u is passed to keep unpaired records. This is Miller's answer to a SQL JOIN between two CSV tables.
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