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Same file, different filename due to encoding problem?

I was about to diff a backup from it's source to manually verify that the data is correct. Some chars, like åäö, is not shown correctly on the original data but as the clients (over samba) interpret ...
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How do I “merge” two text files?

I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04 to 12.10 and at one point, it encountered an Apache config file conflict in apache2.conf. I didn't give me a merge option at that point, so I just rejected the ...
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Diff command. Basic explanation

Just started with diff command. Can you please explain me, diff thin_provisionings_controller.rb thin_provisionings_controller.rb[211] 512,513d511 include ThinProvisioningsGraphModule So ...
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linux diff tools: create list of modified files

How do I create a list of modified files programmatically using linux command line tools? I'm not interested in the difference in any particular file (delta, patch). I just want to have a list of new ...
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What is the difference between Context output format and Unicode output format while taking diff?

What is the difference between Context output format and Unicode output format when taking a diff? diff -NBur dir1/ dir2/ diff -NBcr dir1/ dir2/
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How to use diff tool to take a diff between directories with libraries and source?

I would like to know if i can use the diff tool to take the difference between two folders which contain sources as well as libraries and executable. Right now i gave diff -Naur dir1/ dir2/ ...