On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Paul Bijnens <Paul.Bijnens at xplanation.com>wrote: > On 2009-12-02 10:56, hadi motamedi wrote: > > But "#diff -y" compares the two files in line-by-line basis . But my two > > files do not have one-to-one correspondence , say row#1 in file1 maybe > > the same as say row#5 in file2 . So I seek a way that does not consider > > this as a difference (but diff will consider). > > (( First, please do not top-post. )) > > "diff" would match the line2 in file1 with the line5 in file2, > and it would mark that some lines were inserted there. > > I think you'll have to specify more what you mean by "compare", > and what you think is different or same. > > > > > -- > Paul Bijnens, Xplanation Technology Services Tel +32 16 397.525 > Interleuvenlaan 86, B-3001 Leuven, BELGIUM Fax +32 16 397.552 > *********************************************************************** > * I think I've got the hang of it now: exit, ^D, ^C, ^\, ^Z, ^Q, ^^, * > * quit, ZZ, :q, :q!, M-Z, ^X^C, logoff, logout, close, bye, /bye, ~., * > * stop, end, ^]c, +++ ATH, disconnect, halt, abort, hangup, KJOB, * > * ^X^X, :D::D, kill -9 1, kill -1 $$, shutdown, init 0, Alt-F4, * > * Alt-f-e, Ctrl-Alt-Del, Alt-SysRq-reisub, Stop-A, AltGr-NumLock, ... * > * ... "Are you sure?" ... YES ... Phew ... I'm out * > *********************************************************************** > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Sorry . I tried for "#diff -y" but its output seems to have a comparison between the two files in line-by-line basis . As you mentioned , if the row#1 in file1 is in match with say row#5 in file2 I want it not to be considered as a difference. But the the output shows it as if it is being considered as a difference. Please correct me . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20091202/cd7092a5/attachment-0005.html>