Command: comm - print lines common to two sorted files Syntax: comm [-123] file1 file2 Flags: -1 Suppress column 1 (lines present only in file1) -2 Suppress column 2 (lines present only in file2) -3 Suppress column 3 (lines present in both files) Examples: comm file1 file2 # Print all three columns comm -12 file1 file2 # Print only lines common to both files Two sorted files are read and compared. A three column listing is produced. Files only in file1 are in column 1; files only in file2 are in column 2; files common to both files are in column 3. The file name - means stdin.