Hi, I'm having the following problem with the unix sdiff command.
for example if I try sdiff <filename 1> <filename 2>
Where filename 1 and filename 2 contain really long pathnames that I need to compare.
The output I get will be 139 characters long which is the default.
But an output of... (0 Replies)
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 ?
... (2 Replies)
Hi all
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).
If I use SDIFF then the program will merely check the ASCII characters... (1 Reply)
Hi there,
I am hoping someone can help!
I am doing a simple difference between two files using the sdiff command..
sdiff -s file1 file2
this works, but for some words it doesn't...
Here is an example:
fha 2B01 fha 2B01
fmaa 3A01 fmaa 3A01
fox 4A46 | fmx 3A01
... (1 Reply)
Hi All
I have two large (similar) files that have a unique number in the first column...(the trade id) and then a value for that trade in the second column...delimited by "~". Here is a snippet of what the files look like
10030372~-410682.73
10030490~-4052867.73
10030646~-352592.21... (8 Replies)
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
< test1... (4 Replies)
Hi All,
I have been surfing to get some idea on how to compare same files from two different paths.
one path will have oldfiles directory and another path will have newfiles directory. Each main directories will have sub-directories in them and
each sub-directories inturn will have... (3 Replies)
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" .
is it something serious, if yes then what i need to check or we can... (1 Reply)
Hello guys,
I have a problem. I'm trying to use SDiff with two files which are containing spaces.
My problem is that I want to save the output with > in an extra file.
If I try to use it like this.
sdiff "test file1" "test file2" > OutputfileI get this message:
usage: diff ... (11 Replies)
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