Thanks for the suggestion! On 6/22/06, Chad Walstrom <chewie at wookimus.net> wrote: > > "jim scott" <jimdscott at gmail.com> wrote: > > I have two text files, an original version and a new version. What I > > want to do is to create a third file which is the original version > > plus marked-up changes for the new version. Is this a good job for > > diff or is there a better application for my problem? Thanks. > > This is wdiff does, almost to a "T" with what you want. It uses > bracketd "+" and "-" characters to denote change. > > #!/bin/sh > # Test wdiff > > # set up files > echo foo bar > foo.1 > echo foo foo bar > foo.2 > > # Now test insertion > wdiff foo.1 foo.2 > foo.1-2 > # You should see: > # foo {+foo+} bar > > # Now test removal > wdiff foo.2 foo.1 > foo.2-1 > # You should see: > # foo [-foo-] bar > #EOF > > -- > Chad Walstrom <chewie at wookimus.net> http://www.wookimus.net/ > assert(expired(knowledge)); /* core dump */ > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- http://ThreeWayNews.blogspot.com Your source. For everything. Really. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20060622/5b832a49/attachment.htm