[Gllug] Command-line tools for comparing lists

Martyn Drake martyn at drake.org.uk
Thu May 19 12:47:45 UTC 2005


Tom Schutzer-Weissmann wrote:

> I'm looking for command-line tools for comparing lists. For example, to
> find all the lines in a file that also appear in another file, or don't
> appear in another file. Are there some well-established ones, or do
> people just use a bit of Perl / Python / their own poison?

Would 'diff' help?

M.
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