Comparing two files.

From: Alistair McKeown (Alistair.Mckeown_at_jacobsrimell.com)
Date: 04/28/05

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    To: sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 09:11:33 +0100

    Hi Gurus,

                    I have a quite simple problem in comparing two files, but a
    diff -i, isn't going to work. Both files contain billing numbers e.g one has
    more billing numbers than the other. So example would be one contains 200
    numbers the other contains 200 matching numbers + another 50 but the other
    50 are all over the place in the 2nd file not just at the end.

    6312894
    4100293
    6024135
    235689
    457832
    418076

    How can I get it so it will match all the same numbers in both files, and
    show me the 50 that don't match. A diff command only does it line per line.

    Alistair.
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