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Satish
Satish

Reputation: 17407

diff command label format

is it possible to get header or label on two diff file using diff or sdiff command or any other tool. following just example, we have a script which comparing 100s of file so it is good to know which one we are comparing..

currently:

# diff -y --suppress-common-lines /tmp/file1 /tmp/file2
    how are you                                                   | How are you sir
    xxxxxxx

I want header or label something like following so it will looks good in report, otherwise i have to do echo etc.. to make it work 

# diff -y --suppress-common-lines /tmp/file1 /tmp/file2
    [file1]                                                            [file2]
  how are you                                                   | How are you sir
  xxxxxxx
                                                   <

Upvotes: 0

Views: 872

Answers (2)

Marslo
Marslo

Reputation: 3241

You can using vimdiff or vim -d to check the file diff.

vimdiff /tmp/file1 /tmp/file2

Upvotes: 0

Cyrus
Cyrus

Reputation: 88583

Try this or add it to your ~/.bashrc:

function mydiff() { echo -e " [${1##*/}]\t\t\t\t\t\t\t[${2##*/}]"; diff -y --suppress-common-lines $1 $2; }

and use this:

mydiff /tmp/file1 /tmp/file2

Upvotes: 2

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