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Name

comm — Compare two sorted files line by line.

When FILE1 or FILE2 (not both) is -, read standard input.

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.

Synopsis

comm [-1 ] [-2 ] [-3 ] [--output-delimiter] [-z|--zero-terminated] [--total] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] <FILE1> <FILE2>

Description

Compare two sorted files line by line.

When FILE1 or FILE2 (not both) is -, read standard input.

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.

Options

-1

suppress column 1 (lines unique to FILE1)

-2

suppress column 2 (lines unique to FILE2)

-3

suppress column 3 (lines that appear in both files)

--output-delimiter=STR

separate columns with STR

-z,  --zero-terminated

line delimiter is NUL, not newline

--total

output a summary

-h,  --help

Print help

-V,  --version

Print version

<FILE1>

<FILE2>

Version

v0.0.27

Info

comm 0.0.27