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or you could
Authored by: amishra on Nov 01, '01 11:44:39AM

just type

opendiff <file1> <file2>

or for entire directories

opendiff <dir1> <dir2>



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Shell script woes
Authored by: smurf on Nov 02, '01 02:29:36AM

Or, if you do write a shell script, enclose ALL file names in double quotes.

WRONG:

#!/bin/sh
run_me $1 $2

CORRECT:

#!/bin/sh
run_me "$1" "$2"

If you forget that, nasty surprises will get you.



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