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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting using library functions in shell script Post 302348163 by cabrao on Thursday 27th of August 2009 01:59:31 PM
Old 08-27-2009
try this:
Code:
compare()
{

file1=$1

file2=$2

cmp $file1 $file2 2>/dev/null

if [ $? -eq 1 ]
then
        echo "comparison is possible"
else
        echo "compariosn is not possible"
fi
}

and then run your script:

./yourscript file1 file2
 

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