Re: [ProgSoc] Comparing files

[Shaun Clowes <shaman@nospam.progsoc.uts.edu.au>]

Hey Jay,

> I want to compare two files to see if they are identical or not.
> Specifically, the files are CD images.
> 
> Anyone know a quick, easy way? I don't need to know the details of the
> differences, just that they are different. Maybe a checksum application?

I can think of two easy ways, one is with cmp (it just reports whether
they differ and at what character), the other (slower) is to run md5sum on
both and compare the output.

Cheers,
Shaun


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