in reply to How can I compare (the content of) two files?

Well, you can use diff, if you're in Unix (or Windows? I don't know):
% diff file1 file2
If you're looking to do it in Perl, check out Algorithm::Diff.

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Re: Answer: How can I compare(the content) two files?
by I0 (Priest) on Dec 26, 2000 at 05:36 UTC
    #If you just want to know if the files are equal, you could use File::Compare;