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Reading two files into an IFS while loop — Is there a way to get a zero diff result in this case?
I have a text file full of several hundred lines of sequences like this:
b 29.
b 52.
c 84.
c 83.
c 94.
c 93.
c 61.
b 38.
c 81.
c 92.
c 28.
c 37.
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Comparing files and their properties
I get information of a certain set of files in my mail every day, which looks like this:
58623208 Sep 14 20:08 blbn_blfbe_drv
57904920 Sep 14 19:54 blbn_cycmn
55814208 Sep 14 06:02 clsa_Upd
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Compare an old file and new file, but ignore lines which only exist in new file?
I have two files:
oldlist - This contains a list of files and a md5 hash for each file. This was generated one year ago.
newlist - This also contains a list of files and a md5 hash for each file. ...
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merge that works at word granularity instead of line
The old diff, patch, and merge programs, and their modern descendents in the form of version control systems work great for managing source code that can be edited concurrently by multiple people.
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