From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 7 08:58:32 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 693E2106566B for ; Wed, 7 Oct 2009 08:58:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nlandys@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f192.google.com (mail-qy0-f192.google.com [209.85.221.192]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 101618FC1A for ; Wed, 7 Oct 2009 08:58:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk30 with SMTP id 30so5460142qyk.7 for ; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:58:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=X9GAsMfbOHf7uJhFfujXEEZtmILMOKMZaPmJBcTfRS4=; b=vHBMDOCFoEa5/nyRm8s6tqjNILz+qEsrrGge2YnO+fSHwkNQk6i+tjTvj7nU+sLW50 k3AYFqSGqg/bYoKDeZ2cFp2XRojgBL5yy1yRQiPg/Dv2sBhS7X2FA1PpuOcsqgNMltdd Us5s6miSxUkgLuOczXAAAnC5cSYYhb+OJOIvY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=uL66lDcG9cK1+G0c3lOCJWaklvEtgbpzMpR4T419fQWsQaBGz5OF4+9KGLHfAMxi7E m0rFQl2W0D++z8zjmgRfy8w1dZVa0t7zDnT7QwkzB2//wIE+LKiSUBlm+E73eUpR20j7 xBnql77ZDT8K/zbH+65bhbQ6sY/Fkc7/inX4g= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.59.215 with SMTP id m23mr1332121qch.4.1254905911359; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:58:31 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <2daa8b4e0910062345r83fa23aj113b062af114887f@mail.gmail.com> References: <2daa8b4e0910062345r83fa23aj113b062af114887f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 01:58:31 -0700 Message-ID: <560f92640910070158j51471e39pe8719ed088eea1ea@mail.gmail.com> From: Nerius Landys To: David Allen Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A general sed question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:58:32 -0000 Uh, I know I'm stating the obvious, but you might try these 2 techniques to enhance your diff experience: 1. Use "diff -w". 2. Do "cat filename | sort > filename.sorted" for both files you are diffing, and then compare both sorted files.