So the output from sdiff looks like the output from diff -y to me. I've not seen any options in them or comm that would help.
It depends what you are trying to achieve on how we approach this. They all just want two files, so I'm hoping you either know the file names or use variable in a script to run sdiff already.
You might have some joy with something like:-
It's not pretty, but that might give you what you need.
If this doesn't deliver, can you show us some sample input and desired output along with any thing you have tried and why they do not give you what you want.
Hello,
I'm using Sdiff to compare 2 files, I've used this before and it works fine
and still does in some cases.
But it seems to trip up when using combinations of alpha-numeric text.
I created two simple files to test and as you can see it seems to trip up
on the "gr55a" text, any ideas ?
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I have two files which are essentially the same. However the way an exponent is written is different (i.e. in 1 file, a particular number might be written as 1.43230000E+02 whereas in another it might be 1.4323E2).
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Hi,
I'm trying to use sdiff by parsing the output of another command instead of the filename:
sdiff <(echo test1) <(echo test2)However, this seems to cause my terminal session to stop working.
If I use it with normal diff it works fine:
~$ diff <(echo test1) <(echo test2)
1c1
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Hi
i am comparing file on 2 different machine with the help of script.
however i am get below o/p
======= /usr/tmp =========
======= /usr/tmp not a regular file i am not sure what does "not a regular file mean" .
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Hi,
So I am trying to print the first row(header) first column alongwith the matched value. But I am not sure how do I print the same, by matching a pattern located in the file
eg
File contents
Name Place
Jim NY
Jill NJ
Cathy CA
Sam TX
Daniel FL
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SDIFF(1) User Commands SDIFF(1)NAME
sdiff - side-by-side merge of file differences
SYNOPSIS
sdiff [OPTION]... FILE1 FILE2
DESCRIPTION
Side-by-side merge of file differences.
-o FILE --output=FILE
Operate interactively, sending output to FILE.
-i--ignore-case
Consider upper- and lower-case to be the same.
-E--ignore-tab-expansion
Ignore changes due to tab expansion.
-b--ignore-space-change
Ignore changes in the amount of white space.
-W--ignore-all-space
Ignore all white space.
-B--ignore-blank-lines
Ignore changes whose lines are all blank.
-I RE --ignore-matching-lines=RE
Ignore changes whose lines all match RE.
--strip-trailing-cr
Strip trailing carriage return on input.
-a--text
Treat all files as text.
-w NUM --width=NUM
Output at most NUM (default 130) columns per line.
-l--left-column
Output only the left column of common lines.
-s--suppress-common-lines
Do not output common lines.
-t--expand-tabs
Expand tabs to spaces in output.
-d--minimal
Try hard to find a smaller set of changes.
-H--speed-large-files
Assume large files and many scattered small changes.
--diff-program=PROGRAM
Use PROGRAM to compare files.
-v--version
Output version info.
--help Output this help.
If a FILE is `-', read standard input.
AUTHOR
Written by Thomas Lord.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. You may redistribute copies of this program under the terms of the
GNU General Public License. For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for sdiff is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and sdiff programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info diff
should give you access to the complete manual.
diffutils 2.8.1 April 2002 SDIFF(1)