Re: Is it possible to return the line available in FILE1 but not FILE2 in diff?

"Chris F.A. Johnson" <[email protected]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:47:48 -0500

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On 2012-11-12, Peng Yu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just want to return the line available in FILE1 but not FILE2 in
> diff. After I read the document, it seems that this is not possible.
> Could anybody confirm whether this is true? If so, is there an
> alternative tool that does this? Thanks!

   Perhaps you want comm instead of diff:

comm -23 FILE


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