Geoff, No I didn't, I didn't know this command. I'll give it a try tomorrow. One mistake in my post: I wrote back slashes instead of slashes. Thanks! Charles Geoff Gigg wrote:
Charles,
Would it be easier to use the "comm" command?
comm -23 file1.txt file2.txt
will print all the lines of file1.txt except those that are common to file2.txt, assuming sorted.
Unless I've misinterpreted what you are doing.
Regards,
Geoff Gigg