Hi

I have 2 files

file1:


file2:

Note: file2 also contains the entries listed in file1

Question: I'm using grep -w -f file1 file2 > file3 to match in file2 only the entries listed in file1, BUT this does not work ; the output file3 is giving me everything listed in file2 .

Can anyone help? pleaaaaaaaaaaaaase

Thank you!

What does -F do if used instead of -f?

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-F does not work only either.

1. -w means word. And -(hyphen) is not a word character.

So file3 will not have any content, ( by the sample input you gave ). Confirm whether you are right in saying that.

2. Solution.
Let us know whether this helped.

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Thank you for trying to help me, but grep -f file1 file2 > file3
DOES NOT WORK.


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I also deleted the hyphens, underscores and letters from the in both files but the grep -f file1 file2 > file3 does not work
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Ok, I give up with this forum, I guess nobody wants to help.

did you try the man pages?

i think diff may be another way around it check man diff also