Barry wrote:
> Can someone point me to an app which will display/compare 2 text
> files, much like the compare utility which came with xtree/xtpro years
> ago.
>
> TIA
>
> Barry
>
Probably not what you are looking for, but one that I discovered
recently is 'comm' (presumably for 'common'). It compares two files and
prints three columns:

* column 1 contains lines in file 1 only
* column 2 contains lines in file 2 only
* column 3 contains lines that common to both files

The two files must be sorted in alphabetical order.

It is useful for comparing lists.

Stephen


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