Compare & append

rohits1991 · May 23, 2009, 5:55am

I need to write a Shell Script to compare two files & display the result. If the two files are different append them and store them in a new file. How do i proceed...can someone give me a coding ?

rakeshawasthi · May 23, 2009, 6:06am

diff file1 file2
if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]
cat file1 file2> newfile
fi

devtakh · May 24, 2009, 2:38am

you can use cmp to compare the two files.

cmp file1 file2

rohits1991 · May 25, 2009, 9:00am

Thanks ! the replies were useful ! I could build upon it !