#!/bin/bash
l1='a1 a2 b1 b2 c1 c2'
l2='a1 b3 c1'
l1=$(comm -23 <(echo "$l1" | tr ' ' '\n' | sort) <(echo "$l2" | tr ' ' '\n' | sort) | tr '\n' ' ')
echo "$l1"
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