Re: Comparing 2 Unix files but ignoring line numbers

From: William Park (opengeometry@yahoo.ca)
Date: 04/04/03 

From: William Park <opengeometry@yahoo.ca>
Date: 3 Apr 2003 22:34:10 GMT

cobilan <member25768@dbforums.com> wrote:
>
> Is there a command, script, or function in Unix in which one can compare
> 2 files but ignore the line numbers in each file.
>
> Example:
>
> File1
>
> 1 Program Name: Test1
> 2 Author: John Doe
> 3 Description: This is a test program.
> 4 ...
> 5 ...
>
>
> File2
>
> 10 Program Name: Test2
> 20 Author: John Doe
> 30 Description: This is a test program.
> 40 ...
> 50 ...
>
> I'd like to compare File1 and File2 from above. The output should show
> that the first line is the only line that is different in the 2 files.
>
> It's like doing a SUPERC of 2 files on the mainframe.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Cobilan

Is there any reason why you can't strip the line numbers and use
temporary files? 

-- 
William Park, Open Geometry Consulting, <opengeometry@yahoo.ca>
Linux solution for data management and processing.

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