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print the first 5 lines in which 2 files differs
it is a simple problem, but I am totally new to shell programming
There are 2 files. I have to print the 5 five lines which are different.
I appreciate any help.
10x.
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use comm and head

comm -13 file1 file2 | head -5
comm -23 file1 file2 |head -5
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10x a lot, I've tried comm but didn't know what other command to use
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