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Chapter 6: Tools
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$ 233.54
2
$ 850.80
3
$
12.65
4
$ 524.00
5
$
78.25
6
$ 432.90
7
$
60.88
8
$ 759.00
9
$ 322.54
10
$ 230.00
11
$ 443.10
12
$
67.65
13
$
10.00
14
$ 201.45
------------------------Total
$ 4226.76
then the differences between file1 and file2 are given by
• the insertion of the separator ------------------------- in file1 before the list of the
days,
• the slightly different values for the expenses related to the days 1, 2, and 3,
• the insertion in file2 of the lines related to the expenses for the days 6,7,8, and 9,
• the slightly different values for the expenses of the day 10,
• the addition in file1 of the entry for the day 15, and
• the different values for the total sum of the expenses.
In this case the output of ‘sdiff file1 file2 ’ is (when using sdiff from GNU diffutils
2.8.1)
file1:
Day
Expenses
------------------------1
$ 233.56
2
$ 850.77
3
$
12.55
4
$ 524.00
5
$
78.25
10
$ 230.05
11
$ 443.10
12
$
67.65
13
$
10.00
14
$ 201.45
15
$ 110.00
------------------------Total
$ 2761.38
| file2:
|
|
|
<
|
>
>
>
>
Day
1
2
3
Expenses
$ 233.54
$ 850.80
$
12.65
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
524.00
78.25
432.90
60.88
759.00
322.54
230.00
443.10
67.65
10.00
201.45
<
------------------------| Total
$ 4226.76
and it is easy to deduce that ndfilter will fail in resynchronizing the files. The files ‘file1.new’
and ‘file2.new’ created by ‘ndfilter file1 file2 ’ are actually (side by side view):