$ wc tmp.* 6712297 27215448 135217073 tmp.1 6712247 27215244 135216202 tmp.2 13424544 54430692 270433275 total
$ diff --version | head -1 diff (GNU diffutils) 3.3 $ time diff -u tmp.* > xx 17.023user 8.246system 0m25.335selapsed 99.74%CPU $ diff --version | head -1 diff (GNU diffutils) 3.5 $ time diff -u tmp.* > yy 5020.640user 3.176system 83m50.461selapsed 99.86%CPU Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SUSE Labs, sch...@suse.de GPG Key fingerprint = 0196 BAD8 1CE9 1970 F4BE 1748 E4D4 88E3 0EEA B9D7 "And now for something completely different."