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

[mike havens]

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Nevermind.... I don't knoww enough to be of any real use!

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Bob Elzer <bob.elzer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well it sounds like from your first post this was a one time deal.
>
> >>I want to find the file that resembles most closely the one I have at
> hand.
>
> "most closely" implies, I don't know what it looks like.
>
> One Liner means just that.
>
> Is this an on going process, do you have a starting file to work with ?
> Your
> first message said you needed to find two near similar files somewhere in a
> directory tree.
>
> I'm not picking on you, but I used to tell my users, If you ask Santa for a
> toy soldier and you get a green plastic army man, don't be upset because
> you
> really wanted a G.I. Joe doll.
>
> Is what changes in the file the same line each time ?
>
> Can you give us a real example of one of these ?
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> kitepilot at kitepilot.com
> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 7:22 AM
> To: Main PLUG discussion list
> Subject: Re: OK, a REAL Linux question... ; -) Ineeda"one-liner" (because I
> am lazy)
>
> 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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