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1.1     ! root        1: .TH COMM 1  "18 January 1983"
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: comm \- select or reject lines common to two sorted files
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B comm
        !             6: [
        !             7: .B \-
        !             8: [
        !             9: .B 123
        !            10: ]
        !            11: ] file1 file2
        !            12: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            13: .I Comm
        !            14: reads
        !            15: .I file1
        !            16: and
        !            17: .I file2,
        !            18: which should be ordered in ASCII collating sequence,
        !            19: and produces a three column output: lines only in
        !            20: .I file1;
        !            21: lines only in
        !            22: .I file2;
        !            23: and lines in both files.
        !            24: The filename `\-' means the standard input.
        !            25: .PP
        !            26: Flags 1, 2, or 3 suppress printing of the corresponding
        !            27: column.
        !            28: Thus
        !            29: .B comm
        !            30: .B \-12
        !            31: prints only the lines common to the two files;
        !            32: .B comm
        !            33: .B \-23
        !            34: prints only lines in the first file but not in the second;
        !            35: .B comm
        !            36: .B \-123
        !            37: is a no-op.
        !            38: .PP
        !            39: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            40: cmp(1), diff(1), uniq(1)

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