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Old 01-29-2008, 08:07 PM   #1
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differentiate text files


I need to create a script where if there are new alias created, it will dump to a file. I use diff. rsync the alias file every 5 mins and compare the new one to the old one.

However, if there are remove aliases, it still dump to a file. That is the problem. Can diff recognize the new text and removed text? Or do I need to use other language? I tried a create script as simple as possible that's why I'm using shell.
 
Old 01-30-2008, 10:46 AM   #2
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What do you mean by "alias"? What are you trying to accomplish? Try to reformulate your question.
BTW, what's your location?
 
Old 01-30-2008, 07:01 PM   #3
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I need to dump to a text file all new alias. alias is referring to email aliases. For me to do that, I get a copy of aliases file every 10 mins. and rename it aliases.1. Then, I got a copy again of aliases and rename it aliases.2 every 5 mins. Example:

Get aliases around 10:00AM and rename aliases.1
Get aliases around 10:05AM and rename aliases.2

Then run "diff aliases.1 aliases.2 > text_file" at 10:07AM

This way, all new/added aliases from 10:00 to 10:05.

However, if you remove some of the line in aliases, it's still recognize in the diff the email address that you remove. That's my problem. I don't want diff to output any remove lines. All I want to output is the new email address added in aliases file
 
Old 01-30-2008, 08:40 PM   #4
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how about
Code:
sort aliases.1 > aliases.1.sorted
sort aliases.2 > aliases.2.sorted
sort -um aliases.1.sorted aliases.2.sorted > aliases.union
diff aliases.1.sorted aliases.union > aliases.new
 
  


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