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# 1  
Old 06-29-2010
Difference between 2 zipped text files.
Hi,

I have below two zipped files -

file1.gz

Code:
023384148,1,,,02077301961,R,02077301961,N,0,02077301961,N,0,0,8010,02077300518,U,N,,02077300518,U,20100501011732,20100501011732,0,20100501011815,00000430,16,16,10,N;
023384149,1,,,02830263735,N,02830263735,N,0,02830263735,N,0,0,8010,02843725609,U,N,,02843725609,U,20100501004716,20100501004716,0,20100501004915,00001590,16,16,10,N;
023384150,1,,,01253736993,N,01253736993,N,0,01253736993,N,0,0,8010,01253640111,U,N,,01253640111,U,20100501000300,20100501000300,0,20100501000529,00002290,16,16,10,N;
COUNT=6

file2.gz

Code:
023384148,1,,,02077301961,N,02077301961,N,0,02077301961,N,0,0,8010,02077300518,U,N,,02077300518,U,20100501011732,20100501011732,0,20100501011815,00000430,16,16,10,N;
023384149,1,,,02830263735,N,02830263735,N,0,02830263735,N,0,0,8010,02843725609,U,N,,02843725609,U,20100501004716,20100501004716,0,20100501004915,00001590,16,16,10,N;
023384150,1,,,01253736993,N,01253736993,N,0,01253736993,N,0,0,8010,01253640111,U,N,,01253640111,U,20100501000300,20100501000300,0,20100501000529,00002290,16,16,10,N;
COUNT=00006;


1. I want to write a shell script which needs to compare both files line by line. Means, line 1 from file1 should be compared only line 1 from file2 only.
2. difference should go into another new file.

I am new to shell scripting so please assist me in this case.

Thanks
# 2  
Old 06-29-2010
Code:
gunzip file1.gz
gunzipfile2.gz
diff -l file1 file2 > anotherfile
gzip file1
gzip file2

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# 3  
Old 06-29-2010
Hi, try this (ksh93/bash):
Code:
diff <(gunzip -c file1.gz) <(gunzip -c file2.gz) > newfile

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# 4  
Old 06-29-2010
Thanks for the solution.
Thanks.
# 5  
Old 07-01-2010
file Compare
Hi,

Please help me to implement this correctly. I have below scenerio -

There follwing files in /home/ravi/input folder -

A1.OTL.ARCH.gz
A2.OTL.ARCH.gz
A3.OTL.ARCH.gz

There follwing files in /home/ravi/output folder -

A1.OTL.gz
A2.OTL.gz
A3.OTL.gz

Requirement -
Need to compare A1.OTL.ARCH.gz file with A1.OTL.gz
Need to compare A2.OTL.ARCH.gz file with A2.OTL.gz
Need to compare A3.OTL.ARCH.gz file with A3.OTL.gz

And need to send difference into new file.

File names at both locations are not same.
Could you please suggest eme to write shell script for same?


Thanks in advance.
# 6  
Old 07-03-2010
Please respond to my query
Please respond to my query
# 7  
Old 07-03-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by ravigupta2u
Hi,

Please help me to implement this correctly. I have below scenerio -

There follwing files in /home/ravi/input folder -

A1.OTL.ARCH.gz
A2.OTL.ARCH.gz
A3.OTL.ARCH.gz

There follwing files in /home/ravi/output folder -

A1.OTL.gz
A2.OTL.gz
A3.OTL.gz

Requirement -
Need to compare A1.OTL.ARCH.gz file with A1.OTL.gz
Need to compare A2.OTL.ARCH.gz file with A2.OTL.gz
Need to compare A3.OTL.ARCH.gz file with A3.OTL.gz

And need to send difference into new file.

File names at both locations are not same.
Could you please suggest eme to write shell script for same?


Thanks in advance.
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