On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Paul Bijnens <Paul.Bijnens at xplanation.com>wrote: > On 2009-12-02 11:10, hadi motamedi wrote: > > Thank you very much for your reply . This code actually solved my > > problem and returned exact matches between the two files (irrespective > > of their location in the files) . As I understood , it will list each > > data showing to which file it belongs (or it is common to both files) . > > It is really what I wanted . > > (( do not top-post )) > > You could do the same by first sorting the two files, and then use "comm". > > > -- > 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 > The two files are assorted ones , but the comm will compare them in line-by-line basis . If row#1 in file1 is equal to say row#5 in file2 , so I want it not to being considered as a difference . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20091202/f5d1ecd1/attachment-0005.html>