Hi,
I have a column in 2 different files which i want to compare, and output the results to a different file. The columns are in different positions in those 2 files.
File 1 the column is in position 10-15
File 2 the column is in position 15-20
Please advise
Thanks (1 Reply)
Hi everyone,
I know that's a deep treated issue but I'm actually not able to find the solution. I have 2 plain text files with ~ 2000 rows and ~5 columns. The first column of the shortest file (f1) is fully contained by the first column of the biggest one (f2), but only that column. I want to... (6 Replies)
Hi
i have gone through some sdiff command it shows the differences side by side and its really awesome
file 1:
this tool is for
checking the differ
merging with flower pots documentation
file 2:
this t ool is for
checking the differ
mergin g with flower pots documentation
... (27 Replies)
I need to compare two files and find the mismatch columns in it for csv and fixed
width file.
Eg:
file1
c1,c2,c3,c4<----columnname
1,a,4,d
2,b,5,e
3,c,6,f
file2
c1,c2,c3,c4<----columnname
3,x,7,f
2,y,8,e
1,z,9,d
output
c2,c3<---- mismatch columname
a,4 x,7
b,5 or y,8 Ok with... (3 Replies)
Hello everybody
Looking for help in comparing two files in Linux(files are big 800MB each).
Example:-
File1 has below data
$ cat file1
5,6,3
2.1.4
1,1,1
8,9,1
File2 has below data
$ cat file2
5,6,3
8,9,8
1,2,1
2,1,4 (1 Reply)
Hello everybody
Looking for help in comparing two files in Linux(files are big 800MB each).
Example:-
File1 has below data
$ cat file1
5,6,3
2.1.4
1,1,1
8,9,1
File2 has below data
$ cat file2
5,6,3
8,9,8
1,2,1
2,1,4 (8 Replies)
Hi,
I have 2 files abc.txt and bdc.txt.
I am using
$diff -y abc.txt bcd.txt -- compared the files side by side
I would like to write a Shell Script to cmpare the files side by side and print the results( which are not matched) in a side by side format and save the results in another... (10 Replies)
Hey
im working on script that can compare 2 directory and check difference, then copy difference files in third diretory.
here is the story:
in folder one we have 12 subfolder and in each of them near 500 images hosted.
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
in folder 2 we have same subfolder... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: nimafire
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LEARN ABOUT FREEBSD
diff3
DIFF3(1) User Commands DIFF3(1)NAME
diff3 - compare three files line by line
SYNOPSIS
diff3 [OPTION]... MYFILE OLDFILE YOURFILE
DESCRIPTION
Compare three files line by line.
-e--ed
Output unmerged changes from OLDFILE to YOURFILE into MYFILE.
-E--show-overlap
Output unmerged changes, bracketing conflicts.
-A--show-all
Output all changes, bracketing conflicts.
-x--overlap-only
Output overlapping changes.
-X Output overlapping changes, bracketing them.
-3--easy-only
Output unmerged nonoverlapping changes.
-m--merge
Output merged file instead of ed script (default -A).
-L LABEL --label=LABEL
Use LABEL instead of file name.
-i Append `w' and `q' commands to ed scripts.
-a--text
Treat all files as text.
--strip-trailing-cr
Strip trailing carriage return on input.
-T--initial-tab
Make tabs line up by prepending a tab.
--diff-program=PROGRAM
Use PROGRAM to compare files.
-v--version
Output version info.
--help Output this help.
If a FILE is `-', read standard input. Exit status is 0 if successful, 1 if conflicts, 2 if trouble.
AUTHOR
Written by Randy Smith.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
LAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for diff3 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and diff3 programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info diff3
should give you access to the complete manual.
diffutils 2.8.7 April 2004 DIFF3(1)