Dear RichardK

Thanks a mil for pointing that out. I guess I was confused when tackling the problem. Explains why I could not figure it out

I will check out that module ( I might have already done so, but I'll give a second go ). Just out of curiosity: The approach would then be to open each file in the one array, open the corresponding backup file in the second array and then compare the contents. After that close both files and do the same thing with the next file until all files have been compared?

I am indeed using the shell, but I guess future users will not be familiar with the shell, that's why I was looking for a more or less "built-in" solution

I'll post my results once I had a chance of getting back to the code

Thanks again for providing a new perspective.

Kind regards

C.

In reply to Re^4: comparing contents of two arrays and output differences by PitifulProgrammer
in thread comparing contents of two arrays and output differences by PitifulProgrammer

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