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Old 05-21-2014
Diff in UNIX
Hi guys - I have two files that have random number values and I want to see what is available in file A and not in file B

Here is what each file looks like:

Code:
File A:
 
1
45
11
788
556
 
File B:
 
774
1
5589
788
10025

I would like to know that File B did not had 45, 11, 556
# 2  
Old 05-21-2014
Code:
awk 'FNR==NR {fb[$1];next} !($1 in fb)}' fileB fileA

# 3  
Old 05-21-2014
comes as error:

Code:
 
awk: FNR==NR {fb[$1];next} !($1 in fb)}
awk:                                  ^ syntax error

# 4  
Old 05-21-2014
sorry:
Code:
awk 'FNR==NR {fb[$1];next} !($1 in fb)' fileB fileA

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# 5  
Old 05-21-2014
thanks!
 
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