Diff and grep problems

I've trying to compare two files using diff from a .bat file : diff -iX scripts/%2.ignorelist %difffile1% %difffile2% The file is a cisco config file. A wc -l of the file tells me its over 500 lines long. I'm using diff to compare an OLD file to a NEW one. Constantly a line changes value:

Re: Diff and grep problems

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Adrian Marsh on 8/25/2005 3:52 AM: I've trying to compare two files using diff from a .bat file : diff -iX scripts/%2.ignorelist %difffile1% %difffile2% ... So I wanted to exclude the ntp line and I put it in the ignorelist.

Re: Diff and grep problems

Hi Eric, Thanks for the help. I'd already man diff and it doesn't read like it applies only to files, but info tells me more : `-I REGEXP' `--ignore-matching-lines=REGEXP' Ignore changes that just insert or delete lines that match REGEXP. *Note Specified Lines::. However - this

Re: Diff and grep problems

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [Ugh - top-posting. Reformatted] This is not cygwin specific. Read up on 'info diff' - the -X option is a file listing patterns of FILENAMES to ignore when diffing directories, not LINES to ignore within file pairs being diffed. Try -I

grep problems

All, I was having some trouble using grep to look for text in files. From some tests it looks like meta characters cause the problem to show itself : C:\temptype test.txt text C:\tempgrep test test.txt text C:\tempgrep text *.txt test.txt:text C:\tempgrep text \temp\test.txt text

RE: grep problems

Hi Mark, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Monday, June 14, 2004 9:47 AM: I was having some trouble using grep to look for text in files. From some tests it looks like meta characters cause the problem to show itself : C:\temptype test.txt text C:\tempgrep test test.txt text

Re: grep problems

On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 10:29:13AM +0200, J?rg Schaible wrote: I have upgraded to latest release of Cygwin and this has not changed things. I have tried the above on a Windows 98 and Windows XP system as well - same results. Any ideas how I get around this problem ? Learn the syntax.

RE: grep problems

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 9:47 AM All, I was having some trouble using grep to look for text in files. From some tests it looks like meta characters cause the problem to show itself : Well, the meta characters has a different meaning for the cygwin/bash

Re: grep problems

Hannu E K Nevalainen schrieb: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 9:47 AM I was having some trouble using grep to look for text in files. From some tests it looks like meta characters cause the problem to show itself : To get more info regarding the use/setup of rxvt+bash: Use