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07-01-2004, 12:25 AM
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Registered: Apr 2002
Location: IL, USA
Distribution: Fedora 13, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Posts: 162
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Comparing files contents?
Peace,
I would like to know how can I compare betn two files? I mean betn their contents?
hhegab
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07-01-2004, 12:34 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Beautiful BC
Distribution: RedHat & clones, Slackware, SuSE, OpenBSD
Posts: 1,791
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use the command
#diff
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07-01-2004, 12:36 AM
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Member
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: IL, USA
Distribution: Fedora 13, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Posts: 162
Original Poster
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#diff what?
I mean #diff file1 file 2 (say) or what?
I am on windows now, this is why I cant try right away.
thanks,
hhegab
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07-01-2004, 12:45 AM
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Registered: Feb 2004
Distribution: Debian 3.1 "sarge"
Posts: 31
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diff file1 file2
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