Re: How to compare a .gz and a txt file

[Peng Yu]

On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 4:10 AM, John Cowan <address@hidden> wrote:
> Peng Yu scripsit:
>
>> Suppose I have a file xxx.txt.gz and a file xxx.txt, I'm wondering how
>> to compare the content inside xxx.txt.gz with xxx.txt without first
>> explicitly gunzip xxx.txt.gz (I want to avoid creating a temp file
>> because both xxx.txt.gz and xxx.txt are huge). Is there just one
>> command allowing me to compare xxx.txt.gz and xxx.txt?
>
> This isn't the right mailing list to ask, but

Thank you! One additional question. If I want to compare the contents
of two gz files without creating temp files, is it possible?

> gunzip <xxx.txt.gz | diff - xxx.txt should do the job.

Why this is not the right mailing list to ask? I thought this mailing
list is for diff, right?

http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/

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Regards,
Peng