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Old 05-07-2013
The most math-like tool for this is comm, where you supply two sorted lists and it tells you who is in a only, who in b only, and who in both, but you can option to just get 1 or 2 columns, e.g., comm -23 for just a only items. The output has leading tabs, one for b only and two for both, unless you eliminate columns.
Code:
comm -3 <( cd /home/abc ; export LC_ALL=C ; ls | sort ) <( export LC_ALL=C ; sort filelist )

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MKBOM(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 						  MKBOM(8)

NAME
mkbom -- create a bill-of-materials file SYNOPSIS
mkbom [-s] directory bom mkbom [-s] -i filelist bom mkbom -h | --help DESCRIPTION
The mkbom command creates a bill-of-materials (bom(5)). You must specify either a source as a directory, or a text file containing a file listing as outputted by lsbom(8). mkbom will generate bill-of-materials information based on that information. Any existing bomfile will be overwritten by the new bomfile. Options: -h print full usage -s create a simplified bom containing only file paths -i filelist use the information in filelist, one entry per line, to construct the bom file. The format of the file should match lsbom(8) output with no formatting options (the default). If -s is given to mkbom, the input filelist should contain only pathnames, as with lsbom -s. SEE ALSO
bom(5), ditto(8), mkbom(8) HISTORY
The mkbom command appeared in NeXTSTEP as a tool to create bom files used during installation. Mac OS X September 26, 2006 Mac OS X