Paul Gilmartin wrote:

>>The example I posted may help you, but please note, the contents are first 
>>sorted and then records which are the same in both files are copied into one 
>>file and records which appear once in either will be copied to the right 
>>output.
 
>Does it report if the two files contain the same records but in different 
>order?
>This may or may not matter to the OP.

Thanks Paul. You are 101% correct. I have mentioned this caveat.

Other question - does the OP want to compare the WHOLE lines or not. Or are 
some columns selected for comparision?

Just like Sri, we all need more details before we can help out where we can.

Groete / Greetings
Elardus Engelbrecht

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