On Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at 07:28 PM, Phil A. Lefebvre wrote:
>
> All I got using the Terminal was confirmation that the two files were
> different, not any way to compare them. I just get [END]
>
> Is that what the Terminal command sdiff is suppose to do, or do I
> need to do something to get the 2 files side by side for comparison.
They have to be text files, afaik.
GIven two files t1 and t2:
t1:
once upon a Hooflavah
12=4*3;
While (X<Y) { X = somefunction(x);}
Doobie Dobie Doo!
Cowabunga dude!
Merrily we diff along, diff along, diff along!
Booyah!
t2:
once upon a Hooflavah
While (X<Y) { X = somefunction(x);}
Doobie Dobie Doo!
zz= a**3;
Cowabunga dude!
Merrily we diff along, diff along, diff along!
Merrily we diff along, diff along, diff along!
Booyah!
And do it again!
sdiff t1 t2 produces:
[Bruce-Johnsons-Computer:~] johnson% sdiff t1 t2
once upon a Hooflavah once
upon a Hooflavah
12=4*3; <
While (X<Y) { X = somefunction(x);} While
(X<Y) { X = somefunction(x);}
Doobie Dobie Doo! Doobie
Dobie Doo!
> zz=
a**3;
Cowabunga dude!
Cowabunga dude!
Merrily we diff along, diff along, diff along! Merrily
we diff along, diff along, diff along!
> Merrily
we diff along, diff along, diff along!
Booyah! Booyah!
> And do
it again!
> --
"Wherever you go, there you are." - B. Banzai, Ph.D.
Bruce Johnson
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