Sounds like a task for Perl Go to your bookstore and browse through 'Perl Cookbook', published by O'Reilly to get some ideas
You might also pose that question to a Perl user group. Someone(s) will have done something close to your requirement -- David -----Original Message----- From: Abdul Latip [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 8:13 PM To: DeBiAn uSeR LiSt Subject: OT: Plagiarism Monitor S/W Hi: Sorry, this is not so related to Debian. I am just wondering if there exists a script/ software that compares similarities between two files. It should be more sophisticated than "comm" and "diff". Someone would like to use that script for screening student assignments. Prefarable, if it could also detect "using more than 72 chars/line" and the usage of "^M" in text files. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
