[CentOS] Inquiry:How to compare two files but not in line-by-line basis?

Wed Dec 2 10:20:56 UTC 2009
hadi motamedi <motamedi24 at gmail.com>

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.
>
>
>
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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 .
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