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Old 06-20-2008
apsprabhu apsprabhu is offline
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Hi,
Try the below script. Customize, if required


for line in `cat test1.lst|cut -c1-16`
do
grep -i $line test2.lst >/dev/null
exitcode=$?
if [ $exitcode = 0 ]; then
echo "$line : String Exists"
else
echo "String does not exists, hence appending in test2 file"
echo $line >> test2.lst
fi
done