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1.1       root        1: .\"    @(#)comm.1      6.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85
                      2: .\"
                      3: .TH COMM 1 "April 29, 1985"
                      4: .AT 3
                      5: .SH NAME
                      6: comm \- select or reject lines common to two sorted files
                      7: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      8: .B comm
                      9: [
                     10: .B \-
                     11: [
                     12: .B 123
                     13: ]
                     14: ] file1 file2
                     15: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     16: .I Comm
                     17: reads
                     18: .I file1
                     19: and
                     20: .I file2,
                     21: which should be ordered in ASCII collating sequence,
                     22: and produces a three column output: lines only in
                     23: .I file1;
                     24: lines only in
                     25: .I file2;
                     26: and lines in both files.
                     27: The filename `\-' means the standard input.
                     28: .PP
                     29: Flags 1, 2, or 3 suppress printing of the corresponding
                     30: column.
                     31: Thus
                     32: .B comm
                     33: .B \-12
                     34: prints only the lines common to the two files;
                     35: .B comm
                     36: .B \-23
                     37: prints only lines in the first file but not in the second;
                     38: .B comm
                     39: .B \-123
                     40: is a no-op.
                     41: .PP
                     42: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     43: cmp(1), diff(1), uniq(1)

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