Find the `spiff' utility. It will compare files word by word and
highlight ONLY the word differences. One can also compare numbers and change
the resolution of the comparison. This lets the text "1.0" equally compare to
"0.1e+1" or even "0.9", if the fudge factor is large enough in the
Hi,
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 18:02, MHR wrote:
> Is there a utility that compares files word by word, instead of whole
> lines or single bytes?
It is not exactly what you are looking for, but have you tried
"vimdiff"? If lines differ, it will highlight the words that are
different in them. It is
Is there a utility that compares files word by word, instead of whole
lines or single bytes?
I found that I can simulate this by replacing all the spaces in a file
with linefeeds, then 'diff -B' the results, but that's kind of awkward
and hard to read when differences that matter come up.
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