On Sat, 2012-06-09 at 12:58 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > tags 676718 + moreinfo > thanks > > shawn wrote: > > EXAMPLES > > comm -3 file1 file2 > > Print lines in file1 not in file2, and vice versa. > > > > seemingly conflicts with the documentation give above: > > > > -3 suppress column 3 (lines that appear in both files) > > I see no conflict here. In what way is the example in conflict with > the previous documentation? > > Bob
If you supressed column 3, wouldn't you end up with all non-common/unique lines in BOTH files, according to the lower documentation. Also, needs a warning in man page about needing to sort files first, which was the real problem I was having. (found doc here: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009604599/utilities/comm.html ) APPLICATION USAGE If the input files are not properly presorted, the output of comm might not be useful. -- -Shawn Landden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
