>>>>> "Philippe" == Philippe Troin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Philippe> $ find / | sort > /tmp/on-disk $ cat Philippe> /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list | sort > /tmp/dpkg $ diff Philippe> /tmp/{on-disk,dpkg} Philippe> Or a zsh one-liner: $ diff <(find / | sort) <(cat Philippe> /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list | sort) I just ran that command with BASH; it works just fine. The process substitution notation is the same. Better still, do: $ (diff <(find / | sort) <(cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list | sort) | tee /tmp/hd-dpkg.diff) | less ... so the output gets saved. It takes a long time to run the find on large hard drives! -- Karl M. Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.inetarena.com/~karlheg Portland, OR USA Debian GNU 1.2 Linux 2.0.30t You tell me and we'll both know. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .