How can I compare (the content of) two files?

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Re: How can I compare (the content of) two files?⭐ by devslashneil (Friar) on Jun 18, 2003 at 03:00 UTC
Another way would be to use File::Compare eg. `use File::Compare; if (compare("file1","file2") == 0) { print "They are the same\n"; }` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How can I compare(the content) two files? by Anonymous Monk on Jun 30, 2000 at 05:21 UTC
Well, you can use diff, if you're in Unix (or Windows? I don't know): `% diff file1 file2` [download] If you're looking to do it in Perl, check out Algorithm::Diff.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Answer: How can I compare(the content) two files? by I0 (Priest) on Dec 26, 2000 at 05:36 UTC
#If you just want to know if the files are equal, you could `use File::Compare;`	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How can I compare(the content) two files? by Anonymous Monk on Jun 30, 2000 at 18:50 UTC
On windows, it's fc.exe. For example, `c:\> fc file1 file2` [download]	[reply] [d/l]