big diff

[Nobody's Hero]

I have 2 windows registry files that are 5-6 meg each. I want to find the difference between the 2 files and put them to one file. Just show the difference, not the < and the >.

[Nobody's Hero]

my output looks like this. Do I need to convert the input registry files from DOS to Unix before I run a diff?




53196,53202d51580

<
<
<
<
<
<
<
53264c51642
<
---
>
53360d51737
<
53361a51739

[RAC_1]

What command syntax you used?? I tried it and it is working fine.
I used bdiff file1 file2

Anil

[Jairo Campana]

convert file windows to unix use command

/usr/bin/dos2ux

dos2ux(1) dos2ux(1)

NAME
dos2ux, ux2dos - convert ASCII file format

[Nobody's Hero]

I had to convert it from dos to unix.
then I ran a diff. however my diff output file is kind of complex. Is there any way I can get one report that shows what I need to add to file a to make it equal to file b.

[RAC_1]

How does you window$ registry files look like?? May be you can run strings command on them. And also dos2ux.

Anil

[Nobody's Hero]

in other words, just show me what is not in file "a". Without showing me everything that is not in "a" and everything that is not in "b". Or am I confused?

my output is huge.
looks like:

> @="C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\System\\ado\\msado15.dll"
> "ThreadingModel"="Both"
> "Class"="ADODB.ParameterClass"
> "Assembly"="ADODB, Version=7.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"
> "RuntimeVersion"="v1.0.3705"
322a331,335
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{0000050B-0000-0010-8000-00AA006D2EA4}\InprocServer32\7.0.3300.0]
> "Class"="ADODB.ParameterClass"
> "Assembly"="ADODB, Version=7.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"
> "RuntimeVersion"="v1.0.3705"
>
324c337
< @="ADODB.Parameter.2.80"
---
> @="ADODB.Parameter.2.5"
333c346
< @="C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\System\\ADO\\msado15.dll"
---
> @="C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\System\\ado\\msado15.dll"
334a348,350
> "Class"="ADODB.ConnectionClass"
> "Assembly"="ADODB, Version=7.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"
> "RuntimeVersion"="v1.0.3705"
335a352,356
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{00000514-0000-0010-8000-00AA006D2EA4}\InprocServer32\7.0.3300.0]
diff_file1 (1%)


But it will take forever to make file "a" look like file "b".

[harry d brown jr]

You should be able to use diff, as diff only uses about 6 times the file size.

Additionally use the -w (ignore whitespace) option:

diff -w file1 file2

If the cr/lf's are causing problems, then use the dos2ux utility someone pointed out.

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harry d brown jr

[harry d brown jr]

Also, add the -i (Ignore case) as I see you have an entry that has ADO and ado in a directory path, yet they are the same file path.

diff -w -i file1 file2

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harry d brown jr

[Joe Harrison_1]

Did you export the registry using regedit? If not, the files are binary. I suggest exporting near the level you are trying to diff:

c:\> regedit /E HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows hklm.txt

otherwise the files will be huge. Clean the files with:

$ sed "s///g" > hkml2.txt

[Nobody's Hero]

Here is my problem.

the registry key looks like:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1E083962-829F-11D3-AB5D-00C04F9407B9}]
@="MSOLAPClient Class"

when I run my diff on badbox and good box like 'diff -i -w badbox goodbox > diff_file'

and I do a grep -i olap on diff_file, I dont see anything. for some reason, the diff is not seeing any difference in the files regarding 'olap, even though I know they are different. what is stopping 'diff' from seeing the difference?

[Nobody's Hero]

is it because the '@olap' entry is on a different line, because it wrapped?