rust-comm1
Compare two sorted files line by line. when file1 or file2 (not both) is -, read standard input. with no options, produce three-column output. column one contains lines unique to file1, column two contains lines unique to file2, and column three contains lines common to both files.
Usage
comm [-1]
[-2]
[-3]
[--output-delimiter]
[{-z | --zero-terminated}]
[--total]
[--check-order]
[--nocheck-order]
[{-h | --help}]
[{-V | --version}]
<FILE1>
<FILE2>
Overview
Compare two sorted files line by line.
When FILE1 or FILE2 (not both) is -, read standard input.
With no options, produce three-column output. Column one contains lines unique to FILE1, column two contains lines unique to FILE2, and column three contains lines common to both files.
Options
-
-1 -
suppress column 1 (lines unique to FILE1)
-
-2 -
suppress column 2 (lines unique to FILE2)
-
-3 -
suppress column 3 (lines that appear in both files)
-
--output-delimiter=STR -
separate columns with STR
-
-z, --zero-terminated -
line delimiter is NUL, not newline
-
--total -
output a summary
-
--check-order -
check that the input is correctly sorted, even if all input lines are pairable
-
--nocheck-order -
do not check that the input is correctly sorted
-
-h, --help -
Print help
-
-V, --version -
Print version
- <FILE1>
- <FILE2>
Version
v0.0.30
Releases
2 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 1 time.
-V since Debian 13 (Trixie);
-h since Debian 13 (Trixie).