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Search and Compare Commands
You can try any of these commands by cutting them with your mouse and pasting
them into a UNIX window. If there are filenames or other variables you need
to change, they are indicated by italics .
SEARCH, COMPARE
diff file1 file2
- List lines in file2 differing from file1.
file fname
- List fname's type (ASCII, text, directory, object).
grep pat fname
- Print lines in file fname containing pattern pat.
sort fname
- Sort lines of fname based on options.
spell fname
- Check fname for spelling errors,
- (programs such as ispell corrects them).
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