script to replicate diff is not working as expected

[lawrenzo]

Hi all

I'm really struggling to verify the output of two files using the diff command

I am running sles 10.2 with kernel 2.6.16.60-0.21-smp

the two files being compared are a list of all files and directories from a source server that was migrated to a target host

I am trying to acheive a comparison between the files that have been migrated

here is my diff example

 diff --side-by-side --suppress-common-lines Linux-diff-source Linux-diff-matched-target

the output is out of line and differences common lines are being reported different and everything looks out of line!

I need some scripting help to compare the two file

the content looks something like

/usr/lib/vmware-tools/VMCF-SDK:    /usr/lib/vmware-tools/VMCF-SDK:
drwxr-xr-x root root 4096 bin32
drwxr-xr-x root root 4096 bin64
drwxr-xr-x root root 4096 lib32
/usr/lib/vmware-tools/VMCF-SDK/bin32:    /usr/lib/vmware-tools/VMCF-SDK/bin32:
-r-xr-xr-x root root 700639 c-stubber
/usr/lib/vmware-tools/VMCF-SDK/bin64:    /usr/lib/vmware-tools/VMCF-SDK/bin64:
-r-xr-xr-x root root 1545935 c-stubber
/usr/lib/vmware-tools/VMCF-SDK/doc:    /usr/lib/vmware-tools/VMCF-SDK/doc:
-rw-r--r-- root root 29682 VMCFClass_8h-source.html
-rw-r--r-- root root 6485 VMCFClass_8h.html
-rw-r--r-- root root 4469 VMCFCoreImplInt_8h-source.html
-rw-r--r-- root root 1416 VMCFCoreImplInt_8h.html
-rw-r--r-- root root 4078 VMCFCoreImpl_8c.html
-rw-r--r-- root root 11760 VMCFCoreImpl_8h-source.html
-rw-r--r-- root root 6513 VMCFCoreImpl_8h.html
-rw-r--r-- root root 4212 VMCFCore_8idl-source.html
-rw-r--r-- root root 3250 VMCFCore_8idl.html
-rw-r--r-- root root 6523 VMCFObjectImpl_8c.html
-rw-r--r-- root root 8563 VMCFObjectImpl_8h-source.html
-rw-r--r-- root root 6033 VMCFObjectImpl_8h.html
-rw-r--r-- root root 2501 annotated.html
-rw-r--r-- root root 1355 dllmain_8c.html
-rw-r--r-- root root 8077 doxygen.css
-rw-r--r-- root root 1795 exceptionVMCFCore_1_1AlreadyExists.html
-rw-r--r-- root root 1399 exceptionVMCFCore_1_1InvalidArguments-members.html
-rw-r--r-- root root 1900 exceptionVMCFCore_1_1InvalidArguments.html
-rw-r--r-- root root 1790 exceptionVMCFCore_1_1InvalidState.html
-rw-r--r-- root root 1785 exceptionVMCFCore_1_1NoResources.html
-rw-r--r-- root root 1780 exceptionVMCFCore_1_1NotAllowed.html
-rw-r--r-- root root 1770 exceptionVMCFCore_1_1NotFound.html
-rw-r--r-- root root 1790 exceptionVMCFCore_1_1NotSupported.html
-rw-r--r-- root root 2687 files.html

both files have over 200000 lines each

any help is greatly appreciated

thanks

Chris

[lawrenzo]

can anybody help me out here?

really looking for a solid solution to prove that data I migrated has been successfull on the target node ....

I have been playing around with the grep command that may help

grep -f <taget server filelist> -vfx <source server filelist>

this should give me a list of files that are no longer on the target server or have changed that were originally on source right?

maybe I posted the thread in the wrong catagory?

thank you

Chris

[RJHall]

>>maybe I posted the thread in the wrong catagory?

Yes, this category is for discussion of HP-UX. The options you are using aren't even valid with the HP-UX version of the diff command.