[newbie] How to compare two files?

2004-12-17 Thread Rodolfo Medina 
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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Re: [newbie] How to compare two files?

2004-12-17 Thread Todd Slater 
On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 11:33:18PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
 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?

Rodolfo,

That would be the diff command. man diff for more info.

Todd


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Re: [newbie] How to compare two files?

2004-12-17 Thread Simon Roberts 
diff compares text files, cmp compares binaries.

Cheers,
Simon


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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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Re: [newbie] How to compare two files?

2004-12-17 Thread yankl 
On Friday 17 December 2004 17:33, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
 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

Try diff from command line:
$diff file0 file1
Or kompare will give you GUI


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