Re: [R] comparing two data files

> From: nicol...@buffalo.edu > Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:23:27 -0400 > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] comparing two data files > > I have 2 large data files that I need to compare and find the differences > between data file x and data file y in o

Re: [R] comparing two data files

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 wrote: > I have 2 large data files that I need to compare and find the differences