Recommendation: good file compare program ?

[Owen Townend]

svobi,
	Another thing most newbs aren't aware of is 'man -k'. It is a way to
search the man page command names and brief description. E.g. 'man -k
compare' returns for me this:

[ (1)                - check file types and compare values
bzcmp (1)            - compare bzip2 compressed files
bzdiff (1)           - compare bzip2 compressed files
cmp (1)              - compare two files byte by byte
comm (1)             - compare two sorted files line by line
diff (1)             - compare files line by line
diff3 (1)            - compare three files line by line
infocmp (1)          - compare or print out terminfo descriptions
test (1)             - check file types and compare values
zcmp (1)             - compare compressed files
zdiff (1)            - compare compressed files

The one you're probably after in this case is 'diff'

cheers,
Owen.

On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 10:46 +0800, SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux wrote:
> Hello 
> As newbie I was experimenting and trying somewhat incomptently ;-)
> 
> Especially I am struggling with the ATI Radeon 7500 notebook display 
> plus an external 17" TFT ...
> ... and the best / correct settings for the wired plus wireless NIC:
> Prism 2.5 & Intel Pro/100Ve !!
> 
> Now it noticed MORE than 11 xorg.config's in its folder ;-O
> 
> What is the best program to compare 2 of these files i.e. 
> the first (system inst set) and my current one ???
> 
> TIA for your assistance and suggestion/s.
> 
> Cheers, svobi
> 
>