"Curtis Vaughan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I must be really stupid, so forgive me, but I can't figure out for the > life of me how to use the diff command. I've read the man pages and > looked at some stuff on the internet, but I can't get it to do what I > want it to do. But then maybe it doesn't do what I want it to do. > > Basically, the issue is this, I have 2 files: File1 File2 > > Both are text files. File1 was File2 a day ago. Since then File2 has > had additional information tagged on to it (it's a log file). All I > want to see is what information has been added since yesterday. So, I > would think that "diff File2 File1" should provide me with that > information. But all I ever get is a message that the files differ. I > have tried with various arguments, but no luck.
Hmm. You got somethin' funky going on! What you describe should only happen if you're specifying the "-q" or "--brief" option to diff. What does "diff --version" give you? Make sure you're running the actual diff binary, and not via some alias. Do "/usr/bin/diff File2 File1". Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
