COMM(M)                        FSF                        COMM(M)



NAME
       comm - compare two sorted files line by line

SYNOPSIS
       comm [OPTION]... LEFT_FILE RIGHT_FILE

DESCRIPTION
       Compare  sorted  files  LEFT_FILE  and  RIGHT_FILE line by
       line.

       -1     suppress lines unique to left file

       -2     suppress lines unique to right file

       -3     suppress lines unique to both files

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by Richard Stallman and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-textutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for  copying  condi-
       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY
       or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for comm is maintained as a Texinfo
       manual.   If  the  info  and  comm  programs  are properly
       installed at your site, the command

              info comm

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU textutils 2.0           July 2001                     COMM(M)