I have two .js files with several functions defined in them and I wish to compare the contents of these two files. Is there an npm package for such a comparison or any other way to do this?
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What kind of content are you wanting to compare? Maybe take a look at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/950087/how-do-i-include-a-javascript-file-in-another-javascript-file – Spangle Oct 07 '20 at 06:31
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1I can give you instructions and an example if you the files are just .txt files – Darkphoton Oct 07 '20 at 06:39
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simple text comparison, to see if any of the functions are changed or added – Sarmad Oct 07 '20 at 06:41
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1Seems like you just want to run a `diff`. There are many developer tools packages that contain a diff tool that you can just run as a child_process. – jfriend00 Oct 07 '20 at 06:43
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I've got the solution by reading these comments, thanks. I'll simply do a by-text search as it serves my purpose – Sarmad Oct 07 '20 at 06:52
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You just need to compare them as if they were 2 plain text files. You could do something like this:
function readFile(name) {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) =>
fs.readFile(name, function (err, data) {
if (err) { reject(err); }
resolve(data);
});
});
}
Promise.all(readFile('file1'), readFile('file2')).then(data => {
var file1 = data[0];
var file2 = data[1];
});
