GNU bug report logs - #69752
New and improved 'diff'.

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Package: diffutils;

Reported by: Robert Boyer <robertstephenboyer <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:08:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 69752 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Robert Boyer <robertstephenboyer <at> gmail.com>, 69752 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: rms <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#69752: New and improved 'diff'.
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 13:14:42 -0700

On 3/12/24 09:06, Robert Boyer wrote:
> Here is a better version of diff, better only in the sense that it works on
> all files.

Oh, for that sort of thing you can use the "cmp" command, which is part 
of diffutils. It doesn't need to read both files into RAM, so it is more 
likely to work for your situation.
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