[CentOS] File compare word by word

Brent L. Bates blbates at vigyan.com
Thu May 14 11:25:14 UTC 2009


     Find the `spiff' utility.  It will compare files word by word and
highlight ONLY the word differences.  One can also compare numbers and change
the resolution of the comparison.  This lets the text "1.0" equally compare to
"0.1e+1" or even "0.99999", if the fudge factor is large enough in the second
case.

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