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Operating Systems Solaris Need help to find difference between two files
# 8  
Old 05-26-2010
Code:
#!/bin/sh

while read line; do
        grep -qw "$line" file2
        [ $? -ne 0 ] && {
                echo "$line"
        }
done < file1

# 9  
Old 05-26-2010
This should work:
Code:
diff <(sort file1) <(sort file2) | sed 's/^[^ ]*//'

# 10  
Old 05-26-2010
you can try :-

sort -o file1 file1
sort -o file2 file2
comm -23 file1 file2
# 11  
Old 05-26-2010
Computer

Code:
sort file1 file2 | uniq -u

# 12  
Old 05-27-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by kisaad
This error occurs:
grep: illegal option -- f
Usage: grep -hblcnsviw pattern file . . .
On Solaris you need the grep in /usr/xpg4/bin in order to use the -f switch:

Code:
$ /usr/xpg4/bin/grep -vf file2 file1
mango
strawberry

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