When using diff, is there a way to suppress the first two lines (listing the file names and times) and all the lines beginning with @@ in the output? All I want are the lines that show what to delete and what to add.
Here's the command I have currently:
diff file1 file2 -U 0 > output.txt
Sample output of what I get in the output.txt file with that command:
--- file1 2010-11-25 01:56:58.856462432 -0500
+++ file2 2010-11-25 01:57:20.100626348 -0500
@@ -145,2 +145 @@
-VI2
-US3
+VI4
@@ -168,2 +167,2 @@
-56VI
-56PR
+57VI
+57PR
[edit]: whomever it was that added the comm command, it actually ended up being correct. I'll award you the answer if you post it back.