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HOWTO: CHECK DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TWO TEXT FILES USING THE COMMAND LINE

1. Use the following code:
   
   diff -u file1 file2 | sed -n '1,2d;/^[-+]/p'
   
   where file1 and file2 are the names of the two files to be compared.
   

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