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comm — Select or reject lines common to two files. Both files must be sorted. More information: <https://ww
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comm command: Select or reject lines common to two files. Both files must be sorted. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/comm-invocation.html>.Solution
comm — Select or reject lines common to two files. Both files must be sorted. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/comm-invocation.html>.Produce three tab-separated columns: lines only in first file, lines only in second file, and common lines:
comm {{file1}} {{file2}}Print only lines common to both files:
comm -12 {{file1}} {{file2}}Print only lines common to both files, reading one file from
stdin:cat {{file1}} | comm -12 - {{file2}}Get lines only found in first file, saving the result to a third file:
comm -23 {{file1}} {{file2}} > {{file1_only}}Print lines only found in second file, when the files aren't sorted:
comm -13 <(sort {{file1}}) <(sort {{file2}})Code Snippets
Produce three tab-separated columns: lines only in first file, lines only in second file, and common lines
comm {{file1}} {{file2}}Print only lines common to both files
comm -12 {{file1}} {{file2}}Print only lines common to both files, reading one file from `stdin`
cat {{file1}} | comm -12 - {{file2}}Get lines only found in first file, saving the result to a third file
comm -23 {{file1}} {{file2}} > {{file1_only}}Print lines only found in second file, when the files aren't sorted
comm -13 <(sort {{file1}}) <(sort {{file2}})Context
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