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Old 10-08-2008
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Wink Can do a diff or comm
My preference is the comm command. From the manpages --
Code:
OPTIONS
     The following options are supported:

     -1       Suppresses the output column  of  lines  unique  to
              file1.

     -2       Suppresses the output column  of  lines  unique  to
              file2.

     -3       Suppresses the output column of lines duplicated in
              file1 and file2.
If you provide samples of both files, an example command could be created.