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1.1       root        1: .TH COMM 1 
                      2: .CT 1 files
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: comm \- select or reject lines common to two sorted files
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B comm
                      7: [
                      8: .B -123
                      9: ]
                     10: .I file1 file2
                     11: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     12: .I Comm
                     13: reads
                     14: .I file1
                     15: and
                     16: .I file2,
                     17: which are ordered in
                     18: .SM ASCII 
                     19: collating sequence,
                     20: and produces a three column output: lines only in
                     21: .IR file1 ;
                     22: lines only in
                     23: .IR file2 ;
                     24: and lines in both files.
                     25: The filename
                     26: .L -
                     27: means the standard input.
                     28: .PP
                     29: Flag
                     30: .LR 1 ,
                     31: .LR 2 ,
                     32: or
                     33: .LR 3
                     34: suppresses printing of the corresponding
                     35: column.
                     36: .SH EXAMPLES
                     37: .TP
                     38: .L
                     39: comm -12 file1 file2
                     40: Print lines common to two sorted files.
                     41: .TP
                     42: .L
                     43: deroff -w /usr/lib/upas/names.last | tr a-z A-Z | sort -u >temp
                     44: .br
                     45: .ns
                     46: .TP
                     47: .L
                     48: spell temp | comm -13 - temp
                     49: Print names that are known both to
                     50: .IR mail (1)
                     51: and
                     52: .IR spell (1)
                     53: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     54: .IR sort (1),
                     55: .IR cmp (1), 
                     56: .IR diff (1), 
                     57: .IR uniq (1),
                     58: .IR join (1)

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