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# 1  
Old 12-01-2009
Find difference in two files
Hola,
Tengo un texto texto1.txt con el siguiente contenido:

Code:
 
Malaga
Cadiz
Sevilla
Hola

Y otro .txt texto2.txt con:
Code:
 
Malaga
Cadiz
Sevilla
Cordoba 
Huelva

quiero obtener en otro .txt la diferencia entre estos dos archivos:

Code:
 
Hola
Cordoba
Huelva

He usado el comando "diff" pero me da un resultado con "<" y con números. Se puede obtener el resultado sin ningún caracter extraño ? O hay que emplear otro comando?

Gracias.
Last edited by zaxxon; 12-01-2009 at 05:35 AM.. Reason: code tags and english subject
# 2  
Old 12-01-2009
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---------- Post updated at 10:07 AM ---------- Previous update was at 10:04 AM ----------

I don't speak spanish, sorry, but I guess you are looking for something like this:

Code:
grep -vf file1 file2; grep -vf file2 file1
Cordoba
Huelva
Hola

# 3  
Old 12-01-2009
Hi,
Sorry for speaking in Spanish.
When you run that command gives me this error:

Code:
grep: illegal option - f
Usage: grep-hblcnsviw pattern file. . .

# 4  
Old 12-01-2009
Ok let's try with awk (gawk, nawk):

Code:
$> awk 'NR==FNR{_[$1]=$1; next} ! _[$1]' file1 file2
Cordoba
Huelva
$> awk 'NR==FNR{_[$1]=$1; next} ! _[$1]' file2 file1
Hola

I have currently no idea to write it more compact - I hope it helps though.
# 5  
Old 12-01-2009
Thanks,
I obtain this error:

Code:
awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: bailing out near line 1

# 6  
Old 12-01-2009
Try this:

Code:
awk '
NR==FNR{a[$0]=$0;next}
a[$0]{delete a[$0];next}
END{for(i in a){if(a[i]){print a[i]}}}1' file1 file2

Use nawk or /usr/xpg4/bin/awk on Solaris.
# 7  
Old 12-01-2009
Sorry do not quite understand why tell me to use nawk or / usr/xpg4/bin/awk. How Could you use it? For example it does not work?

Thanks
 
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