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The first tool yu're looking for is &quot;diff&quot;.<br />
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The second tool you're looking for is &quot;comm&quot;:<br />
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comm -2 -3 a.conf b.conf<br />
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comm creates 3 reports (in 3 columns):<br />
1. Lines only in file 1<br />
2 Lines only in file 2<br />
3. Lines common to file 1 and file 2<br />
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The options &quot;-1&quot; &quot;-2&quot; and &quot;-3&quot; suppress displaying the respective column.
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The first tool yu're looking for is "diff".

The second tool you're looking for is "comm":

comm -2 -3 a.conf b.conf

comm creates 3 reports (in 3 columns):
1. Lines only in file 1
2 Lines only in file 2
3. Lines common to file 1 and file 2

The options "-1" "-2" and "-3" suppress displaying the respective column.

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On Red Hat 6.x, I need a tool that will tell me the difference between 2 configuration files<br />
<br />
Is there a tool that will do that<br />
<br />
Also , is there a tool that will approach this in a more complex manner, and will NOT report all lines after the first mismatch, but will only report lines in the first file that are not contained in the second file ? &nbsp;For Instance:<br />
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a.conf<br />
<br />

<pre><code id="code-10-28566475-1">Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
line 4
line 5
line  6</code></pre>
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and b.conf<br />
<br />

<pre><code id="code-10-28566475-2">Line 1
Line 2
line 4
line 5
line  6</code></pre>
<br />
is there a tool that will report the difference as :<br />
<br />

<pre><code id="code-10-28566475-3">Line 3</code></pre>
<br />
instead of <br />
<br />

<pre><code id="code-10-28566475-4">Line 3
line 4
line 5
line  6</code></pre>
<br />
Thanks
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On Red Hat 6.x, I need a tool that will tell me the difference between 2 configuration files

Is there a tool that will do that

Also , is there a tool that will approach this in a more complex manner, and will NOT report all lines after the first mismatch, but will only report lines in the first file that are not contained in the second file ?  For Instance:

a.conf

(CODE)

and b.conf

(CODE)

is there a tool that will report the difference as :

(CODE)

instead of 

(CODE)

Thanks

Linux, difference between configuration files

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