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Re: Check file existence command

 
Dennis Handly
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‎06-04-2010 07:05 AM - edited ‎10-01-2011 07:42 PM

‎06-04-2010 07:05 AM - edited ‎10-01-2011 07:42 PM

Re: Check file existence command

You could use fgrep -f:
fgrep -f file1.txt file2.txt

>Kapil: it should be if [ $? = 0 ]

No, actually it should be: if [ $? -eq 0 ]

>Sagar: Use comm command this is an useful command to compare files.

This only works if the files are sorted.

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