Comm is a UNIX utility used to compare two sorted files line by line. (For COMM ports, use tag "serial-port")
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Unix : Compare two TXT file issue and keep the lines which is not unique
I have two TXT files as
#1.txt
1.1.1.1
2.2.2.2
3.3.3.3
4.4.4.4
5.5.5.5
#2.txt
1.1.1.1
2.2.2.2
6.6.6.6
7.7.7.7
8.8.8.8
I made comparison of 1.txt to 2.txt and get the IPs which is not in 2.txt when comparing with 1.txt . I did,
#comm -2 -3…

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Arduino program that allows me to change state through comm port?
new here! been recommended many times to come here for help so here I am.
I'm supposed to write a program that allows me to change the rate of a blinking LED light through the comm port. I'm sure this is easy but I've honestly got no clue as I am…

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grep in two files returning two columns
I have a big file like this:
79597700
79000364
79002794
79002947
And other big file like this:
79597708|11
79000364|12
79002794|11
79002947|12
79002940|12
Then i need the numbers that appear in the second file that are in the first file bur with…

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Shell comm parameters issue
I have an issue running a shell script with parameters.
This command running directly on Linux works:
comm -13 <(sort /tmp/f1.txt) <(sort /tmp/f2.txt) > /tmp/f3.txt
If I am trying to run this shell script with this command sending the parameters…

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Can comm be used with files sorted on a column other than the first?
Consider I have 2 text files with each row in both files containing certain fields delimited by '|'. If I have sorted the files using the 3rd column, does comm -23 file1.txt file2.txt > difference.txt give me the rows which are present in file1.txt…

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Extract differences from logs
Sorry if it's a simple shell programming question but I couldn't find a way to do exactly what I wanted.
I have 2 logs.
log1
Cust Subsys StartDate EndDate col1 col2 col3
1001 10000 20150501 20150731 6.1700 …

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Remove Duplicates from Multiple files with Awk or similar
I have multiple 2-column, tab-separated files of different lengths in which I want to eliminate the duplicate values that are common to ALL files.
For example:
File 1:
9 1975
1518 a
5 a.m.
16 able
299 about
8 above
5 access
File 2:
6 …

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3GModem NoSuch Port Execption
I am using my 3G modem port in my SMSlib but my code is not detecting the port and is giving this error
try {
CommPortIdentifier portId = CommPortIdentifier.getPortIdentifier("COM1");
} catch(Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
My…

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TypeError: recv() got an unexpected keyword argument 'dest'
I am trying to use MPI in python to do some parallel computing for midpoint integration. I am not really familiar with MPI and I have looked around at some examples to produce what I have thus far. I am having trouble with a couple of errors where…

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can I read data in java that is being generated from a hyperteminal device
Is there any way I can read hyper-terminal data in JAVA to display it in a desktop software.
I am using hyper-terminal with a weighing machine connected with a port COMM 3.
I am not able to get how to read the data from it and how to display it into…

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SMS forward immediately to pc by ZTE GSM modem
I want to read message using a ZTE GSM modem. But I want when Modem get new message just forward it to PC. How should I implement this I read +CNMI AT command but could not get it.

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intersection with multiple files
I have 4 text file in which each file has a single column of data (~2000 lines in each file). What I am trying to do, is to compare all of the files, and determine what is the overlap between the different files. So, I would want to know what is in…

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Command line to consider common values in only in specific column
I am looking for an simple command line to help me with the following task.
I have two files and I would like to print the lines for which they have a value in Col2 in common.
For instance File1 is similar to the following 3-column tab separated…

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Define a patch to each serial port
I'm using CentOS 6 and I have two serial ports (two USB interfaces on two different ports), USB1 and USB2. When I connect the USB1, the OS sets her patch to "/dev/ttyACM0", and when I connect the USB2, "/dev/ttyACM1".
But when I connect first the…

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UNIX: using comm without creating temporary files
I wanted to use comm to compare 2 lists: one consists of randomly generated words:
cat /dev/urandom | head -n 10000 | strings | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z' | sort
the other one is an english dictionary:
wget -q0- | sort
(I can't really give away the…
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