apropos..... one of those spellings On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:29 AM, mike havens wrote: > 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~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: