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I do not understand what this means. 0a1,4 means and how to make the output files identical

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Re^3: diff command
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 31, 2011 at 20:33 UTC

    I do not understand what this means. 0a1,4 means

    "a" denotes an addition. "d" denotes a deletion. The numbers on the left form a range of line numbers in file1. The numbers on the right form a range of line numbers in file2.

    and how to make the output files identical

    Some options:

    cp file1 file2
    cp file2 file1
    truncate -s 0 file1 file2

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Re^3: diff command
by choroba (Cardinal) on Mar 31, 2011 at 20:19 UTC
    From man diff:
    These lines resemble ed subcommands to convert file1 into file2.
    See man ed
Re^3: diff command
by afoken (Chancellor) on Mar 31, 2011 at 21:04 UTC

    I prefer the unified diff format, it is usually easier to read than the traditional format. You can get that format with the -u parameter, i.e. diff -u old new (at least with GNU diff).

    Alexander

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