GNU bug report logs - #19533
comm does not detect common lines -- Mac OS X 10.9.5

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Ali Khanafer <ali.khanafer <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 21:36:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Ali Khanafer <ali.khanafer <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: comm does not detect common lines -- Mac OS X 10.9.5
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 16:23:25 -0500
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Hello,

Thanks for this amazing tool.

I tried comm on test1.txt and test2.txt. The output I got is in
comm-test.txt. Comm found 11 common lines and missed 6 other lines.

Could you please explain why this is happening?

Thank you in advance.

Best,
Ali
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