On May 29, 6:36 pm, loial <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a requirement to compare 2 text files and write to a 3rd file > only those lines that appear in the 2nd file but not in the 1st file. > > Rather than re-invent the wheel I am wondering if anyone has written > anything already?
>>> file1 = set((x for x in open('file1'))) >>> file2 = set((x for x in open('file2'))) >>> file3 = file2.difference(file1) >>> open('file3','w').writelines(file3) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list