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			50 lines
		
	
	
		
			861 B
		
	
	
	
		
			Groff
		
	
	
	
	
	
| .TH COMM 1
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| .SH NAME
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| comm \- print lines common to two sorted files
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| .SH SYNOPSIS
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| \fBcomm\fR [\fB\-123\fR] \fIfile1 file2\fR
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| .br
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| .de FL
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| .TP
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| \\fB\\$1\\fR
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| \\$2
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| ..
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| .de EX
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| .TP 20
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| \\fB\\$1\\fR
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| # \\$2
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| ..
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| .SH OPTIONS
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| .TP 5
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| .B \-1
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| # Suppress column 1 (lines present only in \fIfile1\fP)
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| .TP 5
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| .B \-2
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| # Suppress column 2 (lines present only in \fIfile2\fP)
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| .TP 5
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| .B \-3
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| # Suppress column 3 (lines present in both files)
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| .SH EXAMPLES
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| .TP 20
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| .B comm file1 file2
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| # Print all three columns
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| .TP 20
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| .B comm \-12 file1 file2
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| # Print only lines common to both files
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| .SH DESCRIPTION
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| .PP
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| Two sorted files are read and compared.
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| A three column listing is produced.
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| Files only in 
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| .I file1
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| are in column 1;
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| files only in
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| .I file2
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| are in column 2;
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| files common to both files are in column 3.
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| The file name \- means \fIstdin\fR. 
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| .SH "SEE ALSO"
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| .BR cmp (1),
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| .BR diff (1),
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| .BR sort (1).
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