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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users File Compare and Create New File with Diff Post 302101982 by Perderabo on Saturday 6th of January 2007 07:47:03 PM
Old 01-06-2007
guiguy, I just closed a duplicate thread and I see that vino had to edit your post to remove your email address. Please read the rules:

(4) Do not 'bump up' questions if they are not answered promptly. No duplicate or cross-posting and do not report a post where your goal is to get an answer more quickly.

(10) Don't post your email address and ask for an email reply. The forums are for the benefit of all, so all Q&A should take place in the forums.

As for your question, I copied your data into files which I named file_A and file_B. Then I tried:
Code:
$ comm -13 file_A file_B
"00004200125","JOHN","SMITH",,,"1944-06-03",
"00004200130","JOHN","SMITH",,,"1944-06-03",
"00004202307","JOHN","SMITH",,,"1944-06-03",
$
$

The man page is clear that comm -13 is what you need. You were suppressing the wrong column. You tried:
comm -23
which was wrong. There are only two other ways to print a single column:
comm -13
comm -12

Why not try them before you give up?
 

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deleg_method

deleg_method(n) 					       Interpreter utilities						   deleg_method(n)

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

NAME

       deleg_method - Creation of comm delegates (snit methods)

SYNOPSIS

       package require Tcl  8.3

       package require snit  ?1.1?

       package require interp::delegate::method  ?0.2?

       ::interp::delegate::method ?-async? name arguments comm id

_________________________________________________________________

DESCRIPTION

       This  package  provides	a  single command for use within snit type definition (i.e. actually a snit::macro) for the convenient creation of
       methods which delegate the actual work to a remote location via a "channel" created by the package comm.

API

       ::interp::delegate::method ?-async? name arguments comm id
	      This commands creates a method which is named by name. All invokations of this method will delegate the actual work  to  the  remote
	      location identified by the comm channel comm and the endpoint id.

	      The name of the remote method invoked by the delegator is identical to the name of the method itself.

	      Normally	the  generated method marshalls the arguments, and returns the result from the remote method as its own result. If however
	      the option -async was specified then the generated method will not wait for a result and return immediately.

BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK
       This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain bugs and other problems.  Please report such in the  category  interp
       of the Tcllib SF Trackers [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883].  Please also report any ideas for enhancements you may have for
       either package and/or documentation.

KEYWORDS

       comm, delegation, interpreter, method, snit

CATEGORY

       Programming tools

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2006 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>

interp									0.2							   deleg_method(n)
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