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2 .TH COMM "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands"
4 comm \- compare two sorted files line by line
7 [\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIFILE1 FILE2\fR
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11 Compare sorted files FILE1 and FILE2 line by line.
13 With no options, produce three\-column output. Column one contains
14 lines unique to FILE1, column two contains lines unique to FILE2,
15 and column three contains lines common to both files.
18 suppress lines unique to FILE1
21 suppress lines unique to FILE2
24 suppress lines that appear in both files
27 display this help and exit
30 output version information and exit
32 Written by Richard Stallman and David MacKenzie.
34 Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
36 Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
38 This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
39 the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
40 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
42 The full documentation for
44 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
48 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
52 should give you access to the complete manual.