Re: Diff: obtain only the different lines of the newest file

On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:20:47 +0900, Kimahri Ronso wrote:

> This is my first post in this mailing list. I hope there is a solution to my
> doubt.
> 
> My question is about the diff command.
> 
> I have 2 files containing almost the same information with around 70.000
> records.
> 
> What I would like to know is if there is a possibility to obtain only the
> different lines from the second file without anything else.
> 
> I just need to know the content of the changed lines in the newest file.

It's not gnu, but my shareware CMP will do this, with the /2/J2* 
options. (/2 arranges so that the newer file is file number 2, aand 
/J2* shows the lines that are in file 2 but not file 1.)

http://oakroadsystems.com/sharware/cmp.htm

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