[PLUG] A Linux Tool To Compare Files of Different Sizes

[alan at clueserver.org]

> I think you want to look at the "diff"
>
> http://www.computerhope.com/unix/udiff.htm
>
> which is different than "cmp"
>
> http://www.computerhope.com/unix/ucmp.htm
>
> which is more for hunting for missing bits and bytes than for looking at
> lines.

uniq also might work.

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> On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 3:20 PM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
> wrote:
>
>>    Thought I had found such a tool once but I no longer remember its
>> name.
>> Here's the situation:
>>
>>    Two files: one with 474 lines, the other with 203 lines. I want to
>> test
>> whether all 203 lines of the second file are included in the first file.
>> If
>> not, I want a list of those second file lines not found in the first
>> file.
>>
>>    A cluestick is needed.
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Rich
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