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Re: diff: [ENHANCEMENT] add option to support compressed files: -z, --co
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Bob Proulx |
Subject: |
Re: diff: [ENHANCEMENT] add option to support compressed files: -z, --compress |
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Sat, 8 Aug 2009 11:10:05 -0600 |
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Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) |
Jari Aalto wrote:
> Please add new option -z, --compress to support compressed files.
> An example:
Note that this exact same message was also mailed to bug-gnu-utils and
so I will duplicate my follow-up from there. Please don't post the
same question to many lists all at the same time. It creates a
fractured discussion.
> diff -u -z progam.1 /usr/share/man/man1/program.1.gz
Note that modern shells including GNU bash allow this through the
command line shell.
diff -u program.1 <(zcat /usr/share/man/man1/program.1.gz)
Bob