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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.