Help "joining" two files delimited with pipe character ("|")

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Hello,

I am new to Python.  Is there a method to "join" two pipe delimited files using a unique key that appears in both files?  I would like to implement something similar to the Unix join command.

Thanks for your help!

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Help "joining" two files delimited with pipe character ("|") Daniel Doo <dd@topekacapitalmarkets.com> - 2012-12-05 11:57 -0600
  Re: Help "joining" two files delimited with pipe character ("|") Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka@gmail.com> - 2012-12-05 10:17 -0800
  Re: Help "joining" two files delimited with pipe character ("|") Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka@gmail.com> - 2012-12-05 10:17 -0800

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