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Old 08-04-2010
grep lines in a file from another file
Hi

This is the scenario:

fileA:
Code:
st1
st2
st3
st6
.
.

fileB
Code:
st1
st6

I want fields in fileB to grep -v in fileA...Desired output:

fileC
Code:
st2
st3
.
.

Thanks
regards
Israel.
# 2  
Old 08-04-2010
Hi

Code:
 grep -vf fileB fileA > fileC

Guru.
# 3  
Old 08-04-2010
Working now! :-)

Thanks
# 4  
Old 08-04-2010
I have a quick question here..

Is it possible to find out which values got ommitted ..just in case its a big file...
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