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Old 10-21-2008
Hammer & Screwdriver Take a look at the comm command

instead of the -12 option which excludes records only in file1 and file2, use a -3 option which excludes records that are common to both.
# 9  
Old 01-02-2009
how can we do that with the awk command

can someone please explain me how to do this with a single command using awk?

Last edited by reborg; 01-02-2009 at 06:57 PM.. Reason: correct lazy english
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