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03-25-2008

orahi001

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compare array contents with file

I have an array "arrA" with the following contents:

Code:

A0012 Paint Shop.doc
ES001 Contract Signature.doc
Budget Plan.pdf
TS PWS.pdf

My data file "Files.dat" has the same contents:

Code:

A0012 Paint Shop.doc
ES001 Contract Signature.doc
Budget Plan.pdf
TS PWS.pdf

I have a script that compares the two and prints mismatches, but I'm getting unexpected output.

Code:

sizeA=${#arrA[*]}
ia=0
while [ $ia -lt $sizeA ]
do 
  sed -n "/${arrA[$iia]}/!p" Files.dat > mismatches.dat

   ((ia=ia+1))
done

expected output show be empty file:

actual output:

Code:

A0012 Paint Shop.doc
ES001 Contract Signature.doc
Budget Plan.pdf
TS PWS.pdf

Basically, if the element in the array isn't in the file then print to mismatches.dat.

Can anyone point out what is wrong here or supply an alternate method?

thanks

Last edited by Yogesh Sawant; 03-26-2008 at 01:29 AM.. Reason: added code tags

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