>comm_
The
Here we have two files named
comm
is a command that compares two sorted files
line by line and writes the output: the lines they have in common and the lines that are unique.Here we have two files named
example1.txt
and
example2.txt
that each contain 5 elements, to test this command:example1.txt
example2.txt
The syntax command is:
comm [flag] [file1] [file2]
comm example1.txt example2.txt Icecream Chocolate Cake Tomato Candy Biscuit Pizza
- The elements of the first file have less indentation.
- The elements of the second file are more indented
- The elements in common are even more indented than those of the second file.
Flags
- -1: suppress column 1
- -2: suppress column 2
- -3: suppress column 3