COMM(1)                          User Commands
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NNAAMMEE
       comm - compare two sorted files line by line

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       ccoommmm [_O_P_T_I_O_N]... _F_I_L_E_1
       _F_I_L_E_2

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       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1     suppress lines unique to FILE1

       --22     suppress lines unique to FILE2

       --33     suppress lines that appear in both files

       ----hheellpp display this help and exit

       ----vveerrssiioonn
              output version information and exit

AAUUTTHHOORR
       Written by Richard Stallman and David MacKenzie.

RREEPPOORRTTIINNGG BBUUGGSS
       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

CCOOPPYYRRIIGGHHTT
       Copyright © 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is  free  software.   You may redistribute
       copies of it under the terms      of      the
       GNU      General       Public       License
       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.   There  is
       NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
       The full documentation for ccoommmm is maintained
       as a Texinfo manual.   If the  iinnffoo  and
       ccoommmm  programs are properly installed at your
       site, the command

              iinnffoo ccoommmm

       should give you access to the complete manual.



comm 6.7                         December 2006
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