differences/similarities between two files..

1998-10-01 Thread Michael Beattie
Sorry about the slightly off-topic question, but sometimes people need a good practical problem to keep them on their toes. Lets say I have two text files... Both having several quotes, one per line. Each file has unique quotes, but both also have some quotes which are the same. What is a method

Re: differences/similarities between two files..

1998-10-01 Thread Peter Makholm
Michael Beattie [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lets say I have two text files... Both having several quotes, one per line. Each file has unique quotes, but both also have some quotes which are the same. What is a method to get from these two text files, a third file, which has all of the unique

Re: differences/similarities between two files..

1998-10-01 Thread Michael Beattie
On 1 Oct 1998, Peter Makholm wrote: Michael Beattie [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lets say I have two text files... Both having several quotes, one per line. Each file has unique quotes, but both also have some quotes which are the same. What is a method to get from these two text files, a