man/cat1/comm.1.txt
COMM(1) User Commands COMM(1)
NAME comm - compare two sorted files line by line SYNOPSIS comm [OPTION]... FILE1 FILE2 DESCRIPTION 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 AUTHOR Written by Richard Stallman and David MacKenzie. REPORTING BUGS Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>. COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying condi- tions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABIL- ITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SEE ALSO The full documentation for comm is maintained as a Tex- info 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. comm 5.3.0 December 2004 COMM(1) |