.TH COMM 1 .SH NAME comm \- select or reject lines common to two sorted files .SH SYNOPSIS .B comm [ .B \- [ .B 123 ] ] file1 file2 .SH DESCRIPTION .I Comm reads .I file1 and .I file2, which should be ordered in ASCII collating sequence, and produces a three column output: lines only in .I file1; lines only in .I file2; and lines in both files. The filename `\-' means the standard input. .PP Flags 1, 2, or 3 suppress printing of the corresponding column. Thus .B comm .B \-12 prints only the lines common to the two files; .B comm .B \-23 prints only lines in the first file but not in the second; .B comm .B \-123 is a no-op. .SH "SEE ALSO" cmp(1), diff(1), uniq(1)