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Homework and Emergencies Emergency UNIX and Linux Support getting wrong output with AWK command!!! Post 302355639 by dr.house on Wednesday 23rd of September 2009 09:41:53 AM
Old 09-23-2009
Ad hoc:

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# diff --suppress-common-lines file.old file.new | egrep '^[<|>]' | sed 's/[<|>] //'
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