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Re: Is it possible to return the line available in FILE1 but not FILE2 i
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Chris F.A. Johnson |
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Re: Is it possible to return the line available in FILE1 but not FILE2 in diff? |
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Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:14:38 -0500 |
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On 2012-11-13, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
> On 2012-11-12, Peng Yu wrote:
>> Hi,
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>> I just want to return the line available in FILE1 but not FILE2 in
>> diff. After I read the document, it seems that this is not possible.
>> Could anybody confirm whether this is true? If so, is there an
>> alternative tool that does this? Thanks!
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> Perhaps you want comm instead of diff:
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> comm -23 FILE
I meant:
comm -23 FILE1 FILE2
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