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emile123

Apr 13th, 2008 5:42 am

compare 2 files

I need some help with this:
I want to compare 2 files, and get an output file with only the new lines of File2 (compared to File1)

I didnt manage to do this with diff, any suggestions how to solve this?

Example:
File1:
A
B
C

File2:
A
B
C
D
E

Output file:
D
E

ghostdog74

Apr 13th, 2008 11:30 am

Re: compare 2 files

# grep -f file -v file1

D

E

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