I need to diff two log files but ignore the time stamp part of each line (the first 12 characters to be exact). Is there a good tool, or a clever awk command, that could help me out?
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I need to diff two log files but ignore the time stamp part of each line (the first 12 characters to be exact). Is there a good tool, or a clever awk command, that could help me out?
Depending on the shell you are using, you can turn the approach @Blair suggested into a 1-liner
(+1 to @Blair for the original suggestion 🙂