Cameron Hutchison wrote:
Once upon a time Curtis Vaughan said...
Basically, the issue is this, I have 2 files: File1 File2
Both are text files. File1 was File2 a day ago. Since then File2 has had
additional information tagged on to it (it's a log file). All I want to
see is what information has
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 02:55:26PM -0800, Curtis Vaughan wrote:
> I must be really stupid, so forgive me, but I can't figure out for the
> life of me how to use the diff command. I've read the man pages and
> looked at some stuff on the internet, but I can't get it to do what I
> want it to do.
On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 14:55:26 -0800 Curtis Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I must be really stupid, so forgive me, but I can't figure out for the
>
> life of me how to use the diff command. I've read the man pages and
> looked at some stuff on the internet, but I can't get it to do what I
>
Curtis Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> So, I would think that "diff File2 File1" should provide me with
> that information. But all I ever get is a message that the files
> differ.
In general, it's helpful to show exactly what you typed and what the
error message returned was, since the exa
* Curtis Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030318 15:24 PST]:
> I must be really stupid, so forgive me, but I can't figure out for the
> life of me how to use the diff command. I've read the man pages and
> looked at some stuff on the internet, but I can't get it to do what I
> want it to do. But
Once upon a time Curtis Vaughan said...
>
> Basically, the issue is this, I have 2 files: File1 File2
>
> Both are text files. File1 was File2 a day ago. Since then File2 has had
> additional information tagged on to it (it's a log file). All I want to
> see is what information has been added s
"Gary Hennigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[snip]
> Hmm. You got somethin' funky going on! What you describe should only
> happen if you're specifying the "-q" or "--brief" option to diff. What
> does "diff --version" give you? Make sure you're running the actual
> diff binary, and not via some al
Curtis Vaughan said:
> Both are text files. File1 was File2 a day ago. Since then File2 has had
> additional information tagged on to it (it's a log file). All I want to
> see is what information has been added since yesterday. So, I would
> think that "diff File2 File1" should provide me with th
"Curtis Vaughan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I must be really stupid, so forgive me, but I can't figure out for the
> life of me how to use the diff command. I've read the man pages and
> looked at some stuff on the internet, but I can't get it to do what I
> want it to do. But then maybe it doe
I must be really stupid, so forgive me, but I can't figure out for the
life of me how to use the diff command. I've read the man pages and
looked at some stuff on the internet, but I can't get it to do what I
want it to do. But then maybe it doesn't do what I want it to do.
Basically, the issu
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