On Friday 31 July 2009 11:25:17 learner learner wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to compare two text files line by line and eliminate the > matching/repeated line and store the unmatched/leftout lines into a third > file or overwrite into one of them.
This is not as simple as it seems. You will probably be better off using diff, or, if it is a learning exercise, studying its source. - Hendrik -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list