Re: How to compare the output of two commands?

[Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@freenet.de>]

Am 2006-04-17 08:07:16, schrieb Sonixxfx:
> Hi,
> 
> I am using two large commands that both output a pretty large amount of
> text. I want to compare these two lists of text, but I do not want to
> redirect it to textfiles to be able to do that. I have tried to compare the
> output with diff, by using some bash functions, but I keep getting errors.
> So does someone know of a way to compare the output?

    diff `command opts` `command opts` |less

Greetings
    Michelle Konzack


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