OK, a REAL Linux question... ; -) Ineeda"one-liner" (because I am lazy)
kitepilot at kitepilot.com
kitepilot at kitepilot.com
Fri Feb 27 14:14:47 MST 2009
Hello there! :)
>> As a developer. I have found that if I can not find an old file with
>> what I remember doing. It is often just quicker to redo what I need.
Not an option...
This is a new project and I have nothing to remember, I can only dig.
And hope...
ET
Stephen P Rufle writes:
> As a developer. I have found that if I can not find an old file with
> what I remember doing. It is often just quicker to redo what I need.
>
> This is where a desktop google with some sort of meta data tagging would
> come in handy.
>
> google local:
> find me "A dotted army soldier"
>
> did you mean Makefile foo.makefile :)
>
>
> kitepilot at kitepilot.com wrote:
>>>> Well it sounds like from your first post this was a one time deal.
>> Right now it is, but I could probably find a use for it in the future...
>>
>>>> "most closely" implies, I don't know what it looks like.
>> Which is correct.
>> I know what I want.
>> I don't know what it looks like.
>> I know something that looks pretty similar though.
>> A dotted army soldier? :)
>>
>>
>> For a example, say that you have a bunch of make files.
>> Somedy added one include path to one of then.
>> I have 2 directory trees, names are meaningless (for the most part), and
>> dates are all the same because someone ran 'touch *'
>>
>> I know that many files had many changes, but the two I'm looking for, had
>> minor changes between them.
>>
>> The question is, which files most closely resemble each other?
>> It's a very fuzzy question, but valid, and to put into your context, it
>> would be along the lines of:
>> In this box of soldiers that the dog chew away, which 2 of them are missing
>> half an arm in opposite sides.
>> Clear as mud?
>> Didn't expect any better... ;-)
>> Thanks!
>> Enrique
>>
>>
>> Bob Elzer writes:
>>
>>> 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-----
>>> 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: 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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