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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers sort and compare files Post 302341595 by dnat on Friday 7th of August 2009 02:38:50 AM
Old 08-07-2009
File A contains
a
b
c
d

File b contains
b
c
a
d

Now i want to compare(cmp or diff) these two files after sorting. Ideally i should get the result that they are same.

---------- Post updated 08-07-09 at 12:08 PM ---------- Previous update was 08-06-09 at 06:16 PM ----------

Does anyone have an answer. What exactly i want to know is how to combine the diff/cmp command with the sort command
 

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ZDIFF(1)                                                      General Commands Manual                                                     ZDIFF(1)

NAME
zcmp, zdiff - compare compressed files SYNOPSIS
zcmp [ cmp_options ] file1 [ file2 ] zdiff [ diff_options ] file1 [ file2 ] DESCRIPTION
Zcmp and zdiff are used to invoke the cmp or the diff program on files compressed via gzip. All options specified are passed directly to cmp or diff. If only file1 is specified, it is compared to the uncompressed contents of file1.gz. If two files are specified, their con- tents (uncompressed if necessary) are fed to cmp or diff. The input files are not modified. The exit status from cmp or diff is pre- served. SEE ALSO
cmp(1), diff(1), zmore(1), zgrep(1), znew(1), zforce(1), gzip(1), gzexe(1) BUGS
Messages from the cmp or diff programs may refer to file names such as "-" instead of to the file names specified. ZDIFF(1)
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