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author | rgrimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-05-27 12:33:43 +0000 |
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committer | rgrimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-05-27 12:33:43 +0000 |
commit | f9ab90d9d6d02989a075d0f0074496d5b1045e4b (patch) | |
tree | add7e996bac5289cdc55e6935750c352505560a9 /usr.bin/comm/comm.1 | |
parent | be22b15ae2ff8d7fe06b6e14fddf0c5b444a95da (diff) | |
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diff --git a/usr.bin/comm/comm.1 b/usr.bin/comm/comm.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0897430 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.bin/comm/comm.1 @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)comm.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 +.\" +.Dd June 6, 1993 +.Os +.Dt COMM 1 +.Sh NAME +.Nm comm +.Nd select or reject lines common to two files +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm comm +.Op Fl 123 +.Ar file1 file2 +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm comm +utility reads +.Ar file1 +and +.Ar file2 , +which should be +sorted lexically, and produces three text +columns as output: lines only in +.Ar file1 ; +lines only in +.Ar file2 ; +and lines in both files. +.Pp +The filename ``-'' means the standard input. +.Pp +The following options are available: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl 1 +Suppress printing of column 1. +.It Fl 2 +Suppress printing of column 2. +.It Fl 3 +Suppress printing of column 3. +.El +.Pp +Each column will have a number of tab characters prepended to it +equal to the number of lower numbered columns that are being printed. +For example, if column number two is being suppressed, lines printed +in column number one will not have any tabs preceding them, and lines +printed in column number three will have one. +.Pp +.Nm Comm +assumes that the files are lexically sorted; all characters +participate in line comparisons. +.Pp +.Nm Comm +exits 0 on success, >0 if an error occurred. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr cmp 1 , +.Xr diff 1 , +.Xr sort 1 , +.Xr uniq 1 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Nm comm +command is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible. |