Write a program to compare two files, printing the first line where they differ.
Here's Rick's solution:
/******************************************************
KnR 7-6
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Write a program to compare two files and print the
first line where they differ.
Author: Rick Dearman
email: rick@ricken.demon.co.uk
Note: This program prints ALL the lines that are
different using the <> indicators used by
the unix diff command. However this program
will not cope with something as simple as a
line being removed.
In reality the program would be more useful
if it searched forward for matching lines.
This would be a better indicator of the simple
removal of some lines.
This has lead me to track down a version of the
"diff" command available on GNU/Linux systems.
for more information go to the web site at:
www.gnu.org
******************************************************/
#include #include
#define MAXLINE 1000
void diff_line( char *lineone, char *linetwo, intlinenumber )
{if(strcmp (lineone, linetwo) < 0 || strcmp (lineone, linetwo) > 0)
printf("%d
%d>%s", linenumber, lineone, linenumber, linetwo);
}int main(int argc, char *argv[] )
{
FILE*fp1, *fp2;charfp1_line[MAXLINE], fp2_line[MAXLINE];inti;if ( argc != 3)
{
printf("differ fileone filetwo");
exit(0);
}
fp1= fopen( argv[1], "r");if ( !fp1 )
{
printf("Error opening file %s", argv[1]);
}
fp2= fopen( argv[2], "r");if ( !fp2 )
{
printf("Error opening file %s", argv[2]);
}
i= 0;while ( (fgets(fp1_line, MAXLINE, fp1) !=NULL)&& (fgets(fp2_line, MAXLINE, fp2) !=NULL))
{
diff_line( fp1_line, fp2_line, i );
i++;
}return 0;
}
and here's "flippant squirrel"'s solution:
/* Exercise 7-6 - write a program to compare two files, printing the first line
* where they differ
*
* Note : I amended this a bit...if a file is shorter than the other, but is identical
* up to that point, the program prints out "EOF" as the string that's not equal.
*
*/
#include #include#include
#define BUFF_SIZE 1000
/*uses fgets, removes the '
' at the end of the string if it exists*/
char *safegets(char *buffer, int length, FILE *file)
{char *ptr;intlen;if (buffer !=NULL)
{
ptr=fgets(buffer, length, file);if (ptr !=NULL)
{
len=strlen(buffer);if (len > 0)
{if (buffer[len - 1] == '')
{
buffer[len- 1] = '