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Article #63276diff usage question
From: RobertsD
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 14:50
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 14:50
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I want to use diff to produce output that must be in the standard ed format. I also want to force it to only recognise that a match is found if a certain number (say 3) lines have been found to match. I thought that the -context flag might do it, but this produces the wrong output. The sort of thing I need would produce the following: 1 A A 2 B B 3 C X 4 D Y 5 E E 6 F Z 7 G G 8 H H 9 I I Output produced should be: 3,4c3,4 < C < D < E < F --- > X > Y > E > Z I guess this is trying to reduce the number of difference 'hunks' rather than reducing the size of the hunks, which is what diff tries to do. The output format is important because we have a program that uses diff and reads the output.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,38eada1017f840d1,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-02-27 06:50:34 PST Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.pop.psu.edu!hudson.lm.com!newsfeed.pitt.edu!gatech!swrinde!pipex!logica.co.uk!news From: RobertsDE@lilhd.logica.co.uk (RobertsD) Subject: diff usage question Message-ID: <D4nyKA.7uL@carmen.logica.co.uk> Sender: news@carmen.logica.co.uk (News Manager Account) Nntp-Posting-Host: pc2207.logica.co.uk Organization: Logica X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.5 Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 14:50:34 GMT Lines: 39