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Create 2 files in unix in 2 different directories, compare them and fetch common words between these 2 files. Print them on the screen and also redirect the output to your home directory in the below format: file 1 | file 2 line no: word 1 | line no: word 1 line no: word 2 | line no: word 2 line no:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
#i have created two files in different directories named dir1 and dir2 at command line. files named as file1 and file2.

mv file1 dir2
grep -f file1 file2 
exit

problem i am not able to move the file and how to get given syntax asked in the question

Welcome mounica bijjala ,

Firstly thank you for trying to use the CODE tags. The closing tag needs to be [/CODE] though.

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Robin

Yes this is homework.
Please provide school name, professor name, course name/number, as said in the top readme article in this forum!

I guess the required output is multi-line?

Code:

file 1 | file 2
line no: word 1 | line no: word 1 
line no: word 2 | line no: word 2

I have wrapped it in code tags.

Yes the output is multiline.
I have a basic knowledge in Unix.
I am not able compare the two files present in two different directories.
I know nl is the command to get the line number.But how to compare the files and how to get the output in the required syntax?

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I have created 2 directories named dir1 and a subdirectory dir2. First i used a command diff -r ./dir1 dir2
Because it am in dir2 i dint used ./
As i read -r buffer is used to compare recursively the subdirectories.
I am getting an error said dir1 not found.
Then i used grep command and i got the same error.
I have strucked at comparing the files.

First please provide school name, professor name, course name/number, as said in the top readme article in this forum!

i am from amrita college of engineering,
course unix
professor ashwin

The first task is: have two directories.
Did you create dir2 within dir1 or next to dir1?
And where is your current work directoy? (pwd command)