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2014-11-01T18:01:33Z

Useful (and sometimes underappreciated) command-line tools

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	<li id="paste">To combine files side-by-side into a single file use		<li><span id="paste"></span>To combine files side-by-side into a single file use
	<pre>		<pre>
	paste file1 file2 ... > output		paste file1 file2 ... > output

2014-11-01T18:00:53Z

Useful (and sometimes underappreciated) command-line tools

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	<li id="~~a-option~~">To combine files side-by-side into a single file use		<li id="paste">To combine files side-by-side into a single file use
	<pre>		<pre>
	paste file1 file2 ... > output		paste file1 file2 ... > output

2014-11-01T18:00:31Z

Useful (and sometimes underappreciated) command-line tools

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	<li>To combine files side-by-side into a single file use		<li id="a-option">To combine files side-by-side into a single file use
	<pre>		<pre>
	paste file1 file2 ... > output		paste file1 file2 ... > output

2014-08-07T19:49:32Z

Useful (and sometimes underappreciated) command-line tools

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 If <tt>file1</tt>, <tt>file2</tt>, ... contain the same number of lines, <tt>output</tt> will contain their contents as columns.
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2014-06-20T12:33:22Z

Useful (and sometimes underappreciated) command-line tools

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	diff -w file1 file2		diff -w file1 file2
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	To compare two text files in which lines may have been rewrapped, use [http://www.gnu.org/software/wdiff wdiff]		To compare two text files in which lines may have been rewrapped, use [http://www.gnu.org/software/wdiff wdiff] ('word diff')
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	wdiff -3 file1.tex file2.tex		wdiff -3 file1.tex file2.tex

2014-06-20T12:06:58Z

Useful (and sometimes underappreciated) command-line tools

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	<li>Comparing text files. To find out if two files are identical except for differences in white space, use		<li><span id="textdiff"></span>Comparing text files. To find out if two files are identical except for differences in white space, use
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	diff -w file1 file2		diff -w file1 file2

2014-06-20T12:05:55Z

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 which program
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2014-05-28T14:14:16Z

Useful (and sometimes underappreciated) command-line tools

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	ldd `which program`		ldd `which program`
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	Note the <tt>[[#inverted-quotes\|back quotes]]</tt>. Side note: On OS X, if you have <tt>xcode</tt> installed the <tt>ldd</tt> command can be mimicked via <tt>otool -L</tt>.		Note the <tt>[[#inverted-quotes\|back quotes]]</tt>. Side note: On OS X, if you have <tt>xcode</tt> installed the <tt>ldd</tt> command can be mimicked via <tt>otool -L</tt>
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