apropos On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:28 AM, mike havens wrote: > have you tried 'apprpos'? > > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:21 AM, kitepilot@kitepilot.com < > kitepilot@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@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> > [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of >> > kitepilot@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 >> 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@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> >>> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of >> >>> kitepilot@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? ;-) >> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >> >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >>> >> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >> >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >>> >> > --------------------------------------------------- >> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------- >> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: