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Name: sand_vand
Date: August 12, 2009 at 06:09:08 Pacific
OS: Unix
Subcategory: General
Comment:

I will have to compare two files File1 and file2 ignoring the timstamps the date field contains in both the files



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Name: nails
Date: August 12, 2009 at 21:12:43 Pacific
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You will not be able to do if easily. Either the lines containing the date and time stamps have to be ignored or the time stamps have to be changed to a known constant string.

Also, are the files binary or ascii?


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Name: sand_vand
Date: August 12, 2009 at 23:35:18 Pacific
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Its an ASCII file.
Problem is that I cannot ignore the date fields, but can ignore the timestamps


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Response Number 3
Name: nails
Date: August 13, 2009 at 06:50:37 Pacific
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The diff command is what you'll want to use. I think a script that skips the unwanted date is needed. Instead of skipping the data fields they could be set to a constant just during the comparision.

Please be more specific about where the date fields are and what they look like.


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Response Number 4
Name: tvc
Date: August 15, 2009 at 12:53:07 Pacific
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Bit of a confusing question ... do you mean some date INSIDE the file, or the date of the files ?


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