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Manual Reference Pages  - COMM (1)

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comm - compare two sorted files line by line

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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 coreutils comm

should give you access to the complete manual.

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