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# 1  
Old 10-19-2011
fgrep not printing non matching lines

I'm using this:

Code:
fgrep -f file1.txt file2.txt

To find lines in file1 that match patterns found in file2.

When I add -v:
Code:
egrep -v -f file1.txt file2.txt

It won't return non matching lines, I just get a blank.

Can anyone help?

PS. file1.txt contains 3 million lines...each string is 5 letters long.
# 2  
Old 10-19-2011
fgrep

Hi,

Try this one,

Code:
fgrep -f pat.txt -v inpfile

Cheers,
RangaSmilie
# 3  
Old 10-19-2011
Still not working Smilie
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