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# 8  
Old 01-13-2013
Linux sdiff
you can use sdiff, this does what you want...
# 9  
Old 01-14-2013
Thanks Bipinajith. your idea does works very well but my only concern is in output display i am getting even "/n". so am bit confussed here does it considering "/n" as well while comparing.

output looks like this :
Code:
./cmpconfig.sh OLD_FILE NEW_FILE
Line 1 is different:
OLD_FILE: netip :01.99.22.10 NEW_FILE: netip:11.88.23.11\n
Line 2 is different:
OLD_FILE: username :herty NEW_FILE: username : mmerty\n
Line 3 is different:
OLD_FILE: component : sds mgm tth NEW_FILE: \n
Line 4 is different:
OLD_FILE:  NEW_FILE: link file : gge\n
Line 5 is different:
OLD_FILE: link file :  NEW_FILE: symbol : £$ %$\n
Line 6 is different:
OLD_FILE: symbol : £$ %$ NEW_FILE: \n


Moreover, output shouldn't have displayed Line 5 and 6, since both line values are same. Even don't want to display \n at the end. Could you please tell me how to avoid this ?

Many Thanks
Optimus81
Last edited by Optimus81; 01-14-2013 at 05:59 AM..
# 10  
Old 01-14-2013
Use -e option with echo command to enable interpretation of the backslash-escaped characters.

RudiC mentioned in earlier post that diff commands syncs input lines. So I recommend using it to resolve issue with line 5 & 6.
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# 11  
Old 01-15-2013
Thanks bipinajith and to everyone.

diff or sdiff will work as well but using sdiff -s opition, we won't get the output as required.
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