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

Fri Feb 27 10:04:02 MST 2009

APROPOS(1) Manual pager utils APROPOS(1) 

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       apropos - search the manual page names and descriptions 

Unless it can be hacked to read plain files and compare them, I can't see 
how this is going to help...   :(
But thanks anyway...   :)
ET 

mike havens writes: 

> apropos..... one of those spellings 
> 
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:29 AM, mike havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
>> apropos 
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:28 AM, mike havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote: 
>>
>>> 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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