Shell Script to Compare 2 files

Write a Shell script to compare 2 files....
for example :-

$ cat file1

hhhhh 12
bbbbb 36

$ cat file 2

hhhhhh 63
bbbbb 11

It should proceed with comparing column by column... i mean first column of 1st file -> 1st column of 2nd file then 2nd column of 1st file -> 2nd column of 2nd file .............. like this

A sample solution can be of this form , as i exactly donno the solution

$ cat compare2files.sh

Code:



echo " Enter the names of the files "
read file1 file2
cmp $file1 $file2
( or )
diff $file1 $file2



if you r using cmp or diff... then u don't require a shell script at all. I mean there's no point in making a shell script.

It would have been better if you had tried something with awk, sed, perl etc. I hope u r getting what i m trying to say.

Yeah ankit , what you r saying is perfect...
i donno why i wrote that ...
it's silly of me..
i will post the awk script for that very soon....