Topics: AIX, System Admin

Sdiff

A very usefull command to compary 2 files is sdiff. Let's say you want to compare the lslpp from 2 different hosts, then sdiff -s shows the differences between two files next to each other: 

# sdiff -s /tmp/a /tmp/b
                                  >  bos.loc.com.utf          5.3.9.0
                                  >  bos.loc.utf.EN_US        5.3.0.0
                                  >                                    
gskta.rte               7.0.3.27  |  gskta.rte               7.0.3.17
lum.base.cli             5.1.2.0  |  lum.base.cli             5.1.0.0
lum.base.gui             5.1.2.0  |  lum.base.gui             5.1.0.0
lum.msg.en_US.base.cli   5.1.2.0  |  lum.msg.en_US.base.cli   5.1.0.0
lum.msg.en_US.base.gui   5.1.2.0  |  lum.msg.en_US.base.gui   5.1.0.0
rsct.basic.sp           2.4.10.0  <
                                  <
rsct.compat.basic.sp    2.4.10.0  <
                                  <
rsct.compat.clients.sp  2.4.10.0  <
                                  <
rsct.opt.fence.blade    2.4.10.0  <
rsct.opt.fence.hmc      2.4.10.0  <
bos.clvm.enh             5.3.8.3  |  bos.clvm.enh            5.3.0.50
lum.base.cli             5.1.2.0  |  lum.base.cli             5.1.0.0




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