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Re: python script compare lines in 2 text files and output matches
by
LoyceV
on 24/09/2019, 15:57:19 UTC
Does it have to be python? Bash command comm does exactly what you need:
Code:
comm -12 <(sort file1) <(sort file2)

I don't know how fast a Python loop would be, but the above code takes about 0.05 seconds for 2 files with 50,000 lines each.