SPUG: "diff" utility within Perl

ced at carios2.ca.boeing.com ced at carios2.ca.boeing.com
Tue Nov 6 13:20:01 CST 2001


> Does anyone know of if a "diff" like module exists within
> Perl?? I have script that uses "-s" to do simple diff,
> but I've found that the files are same size BUT different
> in content (single char in date 5 vs 6). I'd like to
> use some kina "diff" utlity to verify if indeed the two files
> are identical of not (don't need to know the difference, 
> just that they exist is good enought) If no module exists
> does anyone have utility that would work???

I have no experience here but String::DiffLine maybe:

 http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=module&query=diff


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Charles DeRykus


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