diff compares text files, cmp compares binaries. Cheers, Simon
-----Original Message----- From: Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Dec 17, 2004 2:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] How to compare two files? Hi. Suppose that a large text file has been slightly modified by another person, and I want to find out 'a posteriori' what changes were done. Is there a linux command (or set of commands) that can compare the two files and tell what lines are different from one another? Thanks, Rodolfo
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