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For loop for seperate files

For shell script. If I had two separate files, file.txt and file1.txt and each has just a list of names from the who command. How would I create an if loop to compare each name?
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Old 10-25-2019
You should be more specific in your details in what you mean by your phrase "compare each name".

What exactly do you want to compare?
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