Michael Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Lets say I have two text files... Both having several quotes, one per > line. Each file has unique quotes, but both also have some quotes which > are the same. What is a method to get from these two text files, a third > file, which has all of the unique quotes, and only one of each of the same > quotes.. i.e.:
sort -u File1 File2 > File3 [-u is for uniq] If File1 and File2 is sorted "sort -m -u File1 File2 > File3" might be faster. You better read the manpage for sort. Im sitting at a HP-UX and I don't think it's the gnu sort we have. -- Makholm d.y.