OK, a REAL Linux question... ; -) I needa"one-liner" (because I am lazy)

[mike havens]

have you tried 'apprpos'?

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:21 AM, kitepilot at kitepilot.com <
kitepilot at kitepilot.com> wrote:

> Thanks.
> Time won't work.
> These files are coming from a repository and they all have the same
> date/time.
>
> >> There is no command to find something,
> >> if you don't know what you want to find.
> I know what I want to find.
> I want to find the file that resembles most closely the one I have at hand.
> It's called a "Fuzzy" search.
>
> One approach would be to fire up a loop to compare every file to another
> one
> ignoring white-spaces, log the resulted diff files, choose the smallest
> results at the end of the run (after you define "smallest") and then use
> some sort of "Fuzzy algorithm" to pick the finalists.
> The final decision is hand picked.
> Far from a "one-liner"...   :)
> Thanks!   :)
> ET
>
>
>
>
> Bob Elzer writes:
>
> > ls -aCltR
> >
> > will list all the files in the current directory and below.
> >
> > each directory will be listed sorted by the date files were modified,
> most
> > recent first.
> >
> > There are flags for the time format, but the most recent changes will be
> at
> > the top of each directory.
> >
> > You will have to some work yourself, but this should narrow it down.
> >
> > There is no command to find something, if you don't know what you want to
> > find.
> >
> > Although, the find command, can find files modified at certain times, if
> you
> > know about when the file changed.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> > [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of
> > kitepilot at kitepilot.com
> > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 4:58 PM
> > To: Main PLUG discussion list
> > Subject: Re: OK, a REAL Linux question... ; -) I needa"one-liner"
> (because I
> > am lazy)
> >
> >>> *diff | wc -l* for each combination of file?
> >>> have you tried ls -t, to see when the files were modified ?
> > There are several hundreds of files in a 10-15 depth tree.
> > That means that "ls -t" won't work, and firing a loop to diff each one,
> to
> > every other, will yield so many false positives that the result (if
> found)
> > will be lost in the noise.
> >
> > It has to be some sort of "fuzzy" diff.
> > I used to use a program called Uniquefiler that did that for pictures.
> > Sometimes it would come up with some very creative matching, but in
> general
> > it was an excellent program.
> > I don't it need now, but I'd certainly like to know if someone knows of a
> > Linux variant.
> > Thanks!   :)
> > ET
> >
> >
> > Eric Cope writes:
> >
> >> *diff | wc -l* for each combination of file?
> >>
> >> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Bob Elzer <bob.elzer at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> No you don't qualify, this is the Phoenix List.   Just kidding.
> >>>
> >>> have you tried ls -t, to see when the files were modified ?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> >>> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of
> >>> kitepilot at kitepilot.com
> >>> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 2:25 PM
> >>> To: Main PLUG discussion list
> >>> Subject: OK, a REAL Linux question... ;-) I need a"one-liner"
> >>> (because I am
> >>> lazy)
> >>>
> >>> I have a bunch of text files.
> >>> Makefile(s), that is.
> >>>
> >>> I know that one of them (THERE ARE TONS!) was slightly modified.
> >>> Names are meaningless, so it won't work.
> >>> There are more changes that mere whitespaces, so diff -w ... won't
> >>> work either.
> >>>
> >>> Question is:
> >>> How do I find 2 files that are "almost" the same file?
> >>>
> >>> I have thought of different approaches, but none of then are
> one-liners.
> >>> Is there a one-liner for this?
> >>> Thanks!
> >>> Enrique
> >>>
> >>> PS: I live in North West GA, play the worker in South Florida, drive
> >>> like a mailman and consider "the neighborhood" anything within 200
> miles.
> >>> Do I qualify as member of this list?   ;-)
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