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Re^2: Determine new line number in revised file given old line number
by ExReg (Priest) on Mar 29, 2017 at 19:27 UTC

    Version1.txt

    Line1
Line2
Line3
Line4

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    Version2.txt

    Line1
Line3
Linenew
Linenewagain
Line4

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    updated_line_number.pl Version1.txt Version2.txt 1
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updated_line_number.pl Version1.txt Version2.txt 2
0

updated_line_number.pl Version1.txt Version2.txt 3
2

updated_line_number.pl Version1.txt Version2.txt 4
5

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