-- This is a Lua v5.1.4 script -- Filename a160513.lua -- By Shawn A. Broyles -- Written 11/26/2017 local infile = {"b005117.txt", "b000961.txt"} local data={{},{}} for i=1,2 do local n = 0 for line in io.lines(infile[i]) do n = n + 1 if n > 10000 then break end data[i][n] = line end end for i=1,10000 do if data[1][i] == data[2][i] then print(data[1][i]) end end print("done")