[X-Unix] diff Binary Files and get List of Differences

[Lasse]

diff -a aaa bbb will treat any files as text files and list the  
differences...

/L
Den 08/09/2008 kl. 01.33 skrev Jerry Krinock:

> If two binary files aaa and bbb are different,
>
> jk$ diff aaa bbb
> Binary files aaa and bbb differ
>
> True, but I would like to see a list of the differences, like diff  
> gives me for text files.  I understand that this is problematic with  
> binary files since they're one big line, but if, say, the file sizes  
> were the same and the bytes were aligned but some were just  
> different values, I'd like a list of address offsets that differ.
>
> The man page doesn't seem to explicitly mention this limitation.
>
> Is it true that "differ" is the only info you get when you diff  
> binary files?
>
> Does anyone have a favorite tool that would do what I want?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jerry Krinock
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