From: David Rock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Vertical regexp
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 19:46:38 -0600

> * Tim Chase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-02-17 10:58]:
> > 
> > Hmm...this sounds like something I'd do outside of vim, though
> > I'll try my hand at a vim solution too.  On a *nix system, I'd
> > use your original source files (hd.txt and dvd.txt) and the
> > "join" tool.
> > 
> > bash> join -a 1 <(sort hd.txt) <(sort dvd.txt) > output.txt
> 
> I was kindof thinking the same thing, but you may also want to look at
> the tool, "comm".
> 
> vim is a great tool, but not necessarily the best for this problem ;-)
> 
> -- 
> David Rock
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]

'comm' looks interesting...

Thanks for the hint, David!

Keep hacking!
mcc

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