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From: hbh@athena.mit.edu (Heidi Hammel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Comparing two mac files
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Date: 10 Apr 91 14:33:05 GMT
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I want to compare two files, and if they are identical, discard one. 
I can't just look at them, because they are very large and complicated.

In Unix, I use the command "diff." Is there a similar Mac command/application?

I'm a very inexperienced mac user, running system 6.0.5 on a Mac IIci.  I
looked in an archive, and found something called compare-09.hqx.  But I
don't know what hqx is or how to handle it. I wonder if this is what
I need.   Could someone out help me out?

Email would be best, I can summarize -> hbh@athena.mit.edu    Thank you.
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    Heidi B. Hammel   (hbh@athena.mit.edu)   MIT 54-316   EAPS Dept.
"A dragon stranded in shallow water furnishes amusement for the shrimps."
                       - an oh-so-true chinese proverb (c/o M. Groening)