Here is some ways: all.equal(readLines(file1), readLines(file2))
You could try compare md5sum of the files: library(tools) identical(md5sum(file1), md5sum(file2)) On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 8:23 PM, Nicole Brandt <nicol...@buffalo.edu> wrote: > I have 2 large data files that I need to compare and find the differences > between data file x and data file y in order to correct data entry error. > Theoretically both data files should be identical. I am trying to figure out > a way to do this in R. Any help would be great! > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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