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vgersh99
yours works pretty well. I just have to omit the unwanted comment lines in the files being compared

clarification on what I am trying to do:

File1:
abcde=12
fffff=6
bbbb=35

File 2:
xxxxx=99
abcde=55
fffff=6
bbbb=44
rrrrrr=10

Result:
file 1 missing variable(s):
rrrrrr
xxxxx

thanks for quick reply. can I get awk to neglect the value portion of the string(everything after the =)? only focus on variable to the left of the "=" ?

I have a need to compare 2 files, then print results to file. Need to find items from file2 that are not found in file 1. thanks in advance!

example:

file 1:

abcde=12
fffff=6
bbbb=35

...

why was my new post thread bundled w/ my last one from last week? they are not the same

Thanks all. jsmithstl (https://www.unix.com/members/302068894.html) your pl script works perfect for my need. Thanks again!

I'm trying to compare 1 file(the boiler plate file we'll call it) against others in the same folder. I need to see if the other files have extra keys in them. i.e. - the other files should have the...