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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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