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comm - compare two sorted files line by line
comm [OPTION]...
FILE1 FILE2
Compare sorted files FILE1 and FILE2 line by line.
With no options, produce three-column output. Column one contains lines
unique to FILE1, column two contains lines unique to FILE2, and column
three contains lines common to both files.
- -1
- suppress lines unique to FILE1
- -2
- suppress lines unique to FILE2
- -3
- suppress lines that appear in both files
- --help
- display this help and exit
- --version
- output version information and
exit
Written by Richard Stallman and David MacKenzie.
Report
bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation,
Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
The full documentation for comm is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
If the info and comm programs are properly installed at your site, the
command
- info comm
should give you access to the complete manual.
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