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# 1  
Old 06-20-2009
Compare two files and print the two lines with difference

I have two files like this:
#FILE 1
ABCD 4322 26485
JMTJ 5311 97248
XMPJ 4321 58978
#FILE 2
ABCD 4321 26485
JMTJ 5311 97248
XMPJ 4321 68978

What to do: Compare the two files and find those lines that doesn't match. And have a new file like this:
#FILE 3
"from file 1"
ABCD 4322 26485
XMPJ 4321 58978

"from file 2"
ABCD 4321 26485
XMPJ 4321 68978

many thanks!
# 2  
Old 06-20-2009
This should do it.
Code:
BEGIN { i=0; j=0 }
FNR == NR { a[i++]=$0; next }
{ 
    if (a[j] != $0) b[j]=1; else b[j]=0; 
    j++; 
}
END {
    print "from file 1"
    for (k=0; k < i; ++k) if (b[k]) print a[k]
    print "\nfrom file 2"
    for (k=0; k < j; ++k) if (b[k]) print a[k]
}

# 3  
Old 06-20-2009
Have a look at the "diff" command. The output format will not be exactly like you want it to be but close enough and the functionality you want is there.

I hope this helps.

bakunin
# 4  
Old 06-20-2009
Code:
{
echo "from file 1"; diff file1 file2 | awk '/^</ {sub( /< /, "", $0 ); print }'
echo "from file 2"; diff file1 file2 | awk '/^>/ {sub( /> /, "", $0 ); print }'
} > file3
 
Or just diff file1 file2

# 5  
Old 06-20-2009
Try this:

Code:
cat file1 file2 | sort | uniq -u > file3

ABCD 4321 26485
ABCD 4322 26485
XMPJ 4321 58978
XMPJ 4321 68978

Ps: If the output file needs to contain the text "from file ..." etc. please disregard this post.

Last edited by methyl; 06-20-2009 at 06:58 PM.. Reason: Qualified
# 6  
Old 06-20-2009
Hi.

If you have access to Linux, a recent package, moreutils, contains a number of clever utilities, among them is combine:
Code:
#!/usr/bin/env bash

# @(#) s1	Demonstrate combine from Linux package moreutils.

echo
set +o nounset
LC_ALL=C ; LANG=C ; export LC_ALL LANG
echo "Environment: LC_ALL = $LC_ALL, LANG = $LANG"
echo "(Versions displayed with local utility \"version\")"
version >/dev/null 2>&1 && version "=o" $(_eat $0 $1) combine
set -o nounset
echo

FILE1=data1
FILE2=data2

echo
echo " Data file $FILE1:"
cat $FILE1

echo
echo " Data file $FILE2:"
cat $FILE2

echo
echo " Results not in $FILE2:"
combine $FILE1 not $FILE2

echo
echo " Results not in $FILE1:"
combine $FILE2 not $FILE1

exit 0

Producing:
Code:
% ./s1

Environment: LC_ALL = C, LANG = C
(Versions displayed with local utility "version")
OS, ker|rel, machine: Linux, 2.6.26-2-amd64, x86_64
Distribution        : Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 
GNU bash 3.2.39
combine - ( /usr/bin/combine Jun 28 2008 )


 Data file data1:
ABCD 4322 26485
JMTJ 5311 97248
XMPJ 4321 58978

 Data file data2:
ABCD 4321 26485
JMTJ 5311 97248
XMPJ 4321 68978

 Results not in data2:
ABCD 4322 26485
XMPJ 4321 58978

 Results not in data1:
ABCD 4321 26485
XMPJ 4321 68978

Best wishes ... cheers, drl
# 7  
Old 06-21-2009
In comparing two files, does it need that the two files have the same number of lines?
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