Compare-tool is a file comparison tool written by golang that compares the difference lines between source and target files. The main feature is reading large files fast benefiting from golang's concurrent features.
go mod tidy
go build./compare-tool -h
Usage of ./compare-tool:
-dest string
another input file
-src string
one of the input file
-top N int
show top N lines (default 10)Input.txt and output.txt is used to compare.
./compare -src ./input.txt -dest ./output.txt
The result is below:
./input.txt has 42 lines...
./output.txt has 44 lines...
in ./input.txt but not in ./output.txt: 2 lines
diff top 2 lines:
nobody cares about it
something went wrong with you
./output.txt has 44 lines...
./input.txt has 42 lines...
in ./output.txt but not in ./input.txt: 4 lines
diff top 4 lines:
who's the man here.
shell the name
here now
come true with the file
Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.
Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.