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Old 01-02-2012
Difference Between 2 files in UNIX
Hi,

I am having files in the below format
Code:
$ cat a.txt
1, abc, 1234
2, bcd, 2345

$ cat b.txt
1, bcd, 2345
2, cde, 3456

and I want to display only what is not exists in a.txt through UNIX script.

like 2, cde, 3456

Please advice me.
Last edited by vbe; 01-02-2012 at 09:57 AM.. Reason: code tags
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Old 01-02-2012
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