Comparing files.

[Bill Campbell]

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010, Ben Duncan wrote:
> I need to write a script compare 2 files (Text based)
> an report back that they are the same or they are different.
>
> diff with -s says they are identical, when they are , but shows
> all the different lines when not.
>
> All I need is to show identical or differnet.

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Bill
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