Re: Determining the software list on machines in my network

26 Nov 2013


      On Wed, 27 Nov 2013, 00:21, Matthew Cengia wrote:

} On 2013-11-26 20:51, Craig Sanders wrote:
} > On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 02:53:28PM +1100, Tony Crisp wrote:
} > > 
} > > $ grep -vf machineB machineA
} > > four
} > > 
} > > What's in B, but not in A?
} > > 
} > > $ grep -vf machineA machineB
} > > three
} > > seven
} > 
} > nice solution.  sometimes simplest is best.
} 
} This is what the 'comm' command is specifically designed for:
} 
} $ comm -3 machineA machineB
}   # suppress lines that appear in both files
} 
} $ comm -13 machineA machineB
}   # show only lines unique to file machineB

Good one =]

T.