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Old 10-21-2011
finding difference between two files

Hi,

I have two files
one with 12486 lines
second one with 13116
As per the comparsion between two files the count have 630 difference

I used diff command to find the difference between two files but it's not understandable

could any one suggest any command to get 630 records in a new file.

Thanks
Thelak
# 2  
Old 10-21-2011
Code:
diff <(sort file1) <(sort file2) |grep ">" > new.file

# 3  
Old 10-21-2011
Hi,

Sorry it's not working

It displaying with ksh: syntax error: `(' unexpected error

if i used with out braces it displays with
ksh: sort: cannot open


Regards
Thelak
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Old 10-21-2011
# 5  
Old 10-21-2011
Try this

Code:
comm -13 file1 file2 > output

--ahamed
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