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Old 09-22-2010
@scrutinizer, i have no problem. Using 1.9.1
Code:
$ ruby -ne 'BEGIN{a=File.read("file1").split(/\n+/)}; print $_ if a.include?($_.chomp)' file2
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# 9  
Old 09-22-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by kurumi
@scrutinizer, i have no problem. Using 1.9.1
OK, I am using 1.8.7p249

---------- Post updated at 07:42 ---------- Previous update was at 07:27 ----------
Quote:
Originally Posted by alister
For this task, the order is irrelevant; a successful match must only occur when the line is in both files.
True, but it is perhaps good to note the order would be relevant if the OP meant to match words instead of lines and would use the -w option..
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