I have two files have same data but in different lines.
File 1:
<Identities>
<Identity>
<Id>048206031415072010Comcast.USR8JR</Id>
<UID>ccp_test_79</UID>
<DisplayName>JOSH CCP</DisplayName>
<FirstName>JOSH</FirstName>
<LastName>CCP</LastName>
<Role>P</Role>
<LoginStatus>C</LoginStatus>
</Identity>
<Identity>
<Id>089612381523032011Comcast.USR1JR</Id>
<UID>94701_account1</UID>
<DisplayName>account1</DisplayName>
<FirstName>account1</FirstName>
<LastName>94701</LastName>
<Role>S</Role>
<LoginStatus>C</LoginStatus>
</Identity>
</Identities>
File 2 :
<Identities>
<Identity>
<Id>089612381523032011Comcast.USR1JR</Id>
<UID>94701_account1</UID>
<DisplayName>account1</DisplayName>
<FirstName>account1</FirstName>
<LastName>94701</LastName>
<Role>S</Role>
<LoginStatus>C</LoginStatus>
</Identity>
<Identity>
<Id>048206031415072010Comcast.USR8JR</Id>
<UID>ccp_test_79</UID>
<DisplayName>JOSH CCP</DisplayName>
<FirstName>JOSH</FirstName>
<LastName>CCP</LastName>
<Role>P</Role>
<LoginStatus>C</LoginStatus>
</Identity>
</Identities>
If I use diff file1 file2
command I am getting below response:
1,10d0
< <Identities>
< <Identity>
< <Id>048206031415072010Comcast.USR8JR</Id>
< <UID>ccp_test_79</UID>
< <DisplayName>JOSH CCP</DisplayName>
< <FirstName>JOSH</FirstName>
< <LastName>CCP</LastName>
< <Role>P</Role>
< <LoginStatus>C</LoginStatus>
< </Identity>
20a11,20
> <Identities>
> <Identity>
> <Id>048206031415072010Comcast.USR8JR</Id>
> <UID>ccp_test_79</UID>
> <DisplayName>JOSH CCP</DisplayName>
> <FirstName>JOSH</FirstName>
> <LastName>CCP</LastName>
> <Role>P</Role>
> <LoginStatus>C</LoginStatus>
> </Identity>
But I need to get no difference, because these files having same data in different lines.
xmldiff
, but I think that will still notice the order changing, as order is relevant in generic XML. I think your best approach is to use an XML parser & generator to put each file in a canonical order and format, then usexmldiff
ordiff
. A job for your favorite scripting language (Perl, Ruby, Python, etc.).