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Comparing two json files : shell scripting

I'm comparing two json files which look like:

[
   {
      "type" : 1,
      "children" : {
         "nsubj" : {
            "role" : "topic",
            "POS" : [
               "noun"
            ]
         }
      },
      "role" : "vehicle",
      "POS" : [
         "noun"
      ]
   },

but there are differences between the two because one json file is made up of 3336 lines, while another is made up of 3724 lines. I would like to write a shell script which would compare the two line by line and whenever it finds a difference, output the line number where the difference occurred.

Solution

  • Just use diff. Like in

    diff --unified file1.json file2.json