Sort and remove duplicate lines from two (or more files). Display only uniq lines from files. 

sort file1 file2 | uniq -u

March 6, 2013 — EvaggelosBalaskas

Explanation

The -u flag of uniq removes duplicate lines from the input.

Example file1:

123456
234567
345678

Example file2:

234567
345678
456789

Result:

123456
456789
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sort uniq