How to display which file differs from the others
I'm trying to write a script to get info from 5 different places and compare them for differences. The information is simply IP addresses and I have them placed in text files. I'm using:
diff --from-file file1 file2 file3 file4 file5
to compare them and it works, but I need to display which file contains different information. I expect only one or at most two files not to match.
diff
edited Dec 15 at 22:01
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I'm trying to write a script to get info from 5 different places and compare them for differences. The information is simply IP addresses and I have them placed in text files. I'm using:
diff --from-file file1 file2 file3 file4 file5
to compare them and it works, but I need to display which file contains different information. I expect only one or at most two files not to match.
diff
edited Dec 15 at 22:01
Rui F Ribeiro
38.9k1479129
asked Nov 5 '14 at 20:43
itsalx
183
add a comment |
I'm trying to write a script to get info from 5 different places and compare them for differences. The information is simply IP addresses and I have them placed in text files. I'm using:
diff --from-file file1 file2 file3 file4 file5
to compare them and it works, but I need to display which file contains different information. I expect only one or at most two files not to match.
diff
edited Dec 15 at 22:01
Rui F Ribeiro
38.9k1479129
asked Nov 5 '14 at 20:43
itsalx
183
I'm trying to write a script to get info from 5 different places and compare them for differences. The information is simply IP addresses and I have them placed in text files. I'm using:
diff --from-file file1 file2 file3 file4 file5
to compare them and it works, but I need to display which file contains different information. I expect only one or at most two files not to match.
diff
diff
edited Dec 15 at 22:01
Rui F Ribeiro
38.9k1479129
asked Nov 5 '14 at 20:43
itsalx
183
edited Dec 15 at 22:01
Rui F Ribeiro
38.9k1479129
asked Nov 5 '14 at 20:43
itsalx
183
edited Dec 15 at 22:01
Rui F Ribeiro
38.9k1479129
edited Dec 15 at 22:01
Rui F Ribeiro
38.9k1479129
edited Dec 15 at 22:01
Rui F Ribeiro
38.9k1479129
38.9k1479129
asked Nov 5 '14 at 20:43
itsalx
183
asked Nov 5 '14 at 20:43
itsalx
183
asked Nov 5 '14 at 20:43
itsalx
183
183
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If you change the diff format to unified with -u the filenames will appear.
Another solution might be to run a checksum program, e.g. md5sum, sha1sum, etc. on all files and see which one has a different checksum than the first one.
answered Nov 5 '14 at 21:03
Cristian Ciupitu
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diffuse can handle the 5 inputs (sudo apt-get install diffuse). From the man page:
Diffuse is a graphical tool for merging and comparing text files. Diffuse is able
to compare an arbitrary number of files side-by-side and gives users the ability
to manually adjust line matching and directly edit files.
answered Nov 5 '14 at 21:23
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If you change the diff format to unified with -u the filenames will appear.
Another solution might be to run a checksum program, e.g. md5sum, sha1sum, etc. on all files and see which one has a different checksum than the first one.
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If you change the diff format to unified with -u the filenames will appear.
Another solution might be to run a checksum program, e.g. md5sum, sha1sum, etc. on all files and see which one has a different checksum than the first one.
answered Nov 5 '14 at 21:03
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If you change the diff format to unified with -u the filenames will appear.
Another solution might be to run a checksum program, e.g. md5sum, sha1sum, etc. on all files and see which one has a different checksum than the first one.
answered Nov 5 '14 at 21:03
Cristian Ciupitu
2,07911621
If you change the diff format to unified with -u the filenames will appear.
Another solution might be to run a checksum program, e.g. md5sum, sha1sum, etc. on all files and see which one has a different checksum than the first one.
answered Nov 5 '14 at 21:03
Cristian Ciupitu
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answered Nov 5 '14 at 21:03
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diffuse can handle the 5 inputs (sudo apt-get install diffuse). From the man page:
Diffuse is a graphical tool for merging and comparing text files. Diffuse is able
to compare an arbitrary number of files side-by-side and gives users the ability
to manually adjust line matching and directly edit files.
answered Nov 5 '14 at 21:23
Anthon
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diffuse can handle the 5 inputs (sudo apt-get install diffuse). From the man page:
Diffuse is a graphical tool for merging and comparing text files. Diffuse is able
to compare an arbitrary number of files side-by-side and gives users the ability
to manually adjust line matching and directly edit files.
answered Nov 5 '14 at 21:23
Anthon
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diffuse can handle the 5 inputs (sudo apt-get install diffuse). From the man page:
Diffuse is a graphical tool for merging and comparing text files. Diffuse is able
to compare an arbitrary number of files side-by-side and gives users the ability
to manually adjust line matching and directly edit files.
answered Nov 5 '14 at 21:23
Anthon
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diffuse can handle the 5 inputs (sudo apt-get install diffuse). From the man page:
Diffuse is a graphical tool for merging and comparing text files. Diffuse is able
to compare an arbitrary number of files side-by-side and gives users the ability
to manually adjust line matching and directly edit files.
answered Nov 5 '14 at 21:23
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