On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:20:47 +0900, Kimahri Ronso wrote: > This is my first post in this mailing list. I hope there is a solution to my > doubt. > > My question is about the diff command. > > I have 2 files containing almost the same information with around 70.000 > records. > > What I would like to know is if there is a possibility to obtain only the > different lines from the second file without anything else. > > I just need to know the content of the changed lines in the newest file.
It's not gnu, but my shareware CMP will do this, with the /2/J2* options. (/2 arranges so that the newer file is file number 2, aand /J2* shows the lines that are in file 2 but not file 1.) http://oakroadsystems.com/sharware/cmp.htm -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai...
