[SGVLUG] diff command and binary

[Terry Hancock]

On Thu, 2 Mar 2006 13:04:42 -0800 (PST)
matti <mathew_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Ok - I've encountered a frustrating problem
> 
> pulled up a backup file and compared it
> the same file... they should be the same,
> but - perhaps the user did a slight modification
> this morning on one.
> 
> SO I got 2 binary excel files which differ.
> 
> I want to determine HOW much they differ
> and in what ways.

Have you tried this:

hexdump -C A.xls > A.txt
hexdump -C B.xls > B.txt
diff A B

?

I'm not sure how readable the result will be,
but it might give you something usable.

-- 
Terry Hancock (hancock at AnansiSpaceworks.com)
Anansi Spaceworks http://www.AnansiSpaceworks.com