Diff command outputs against text file #3

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1. vkosuri commented on Oct 18, 2016

   

   vkosuri

   on Oct 18, 2016

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   @petercelentano i would suggest like this

   Diff two files with content as the second file is different
       ${filename} =  Generate Random String   8  [LOWER]
       ${content} =  Get File  ${datadir}/loremipsum.txt
       Create File  ${TEMPDIR}/${filename}.txt  ${content}
       Run Keyword And Expect Error  *differences*   Diff Files  ${TEMPDIR}/${filename}.txt   ${datadir}/${/}loremipsum3.txt
2. vkosuri commented on Oct 20, 2016

   

   vkosuri

   on Oct 20, 2016

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   @petercelentano any updates?
3. petercelentano commented on Oct 20, 2016

   

   petercelentano

   on Oct 20, 2016

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   @vkosuri This was the solution I came up with:

   Run Process ls - la /home/user > /opt/test/ls-la.test.txt shell=True
   Diff Files /opt/test/ls-la.test.txt /opt/expected/ls-la.txt

   I'm first running the command I want to diff and sending stout to a file. Then I'm running the diff of that file against an expected output.

   I would prefer to diff without having to create a file from the command output first though.
4. vkosuri

   self-assigned this

   on Oct 21, 2016
5. vkosuri commented on Oct 21, 2016

   

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   on Oct 21, 2016

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   @petercelentano are looking something like this feature? You could try with pull #7
6. vkosuri commented on Oct 25, 2016

   

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   on Oct 25, 2016

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   @petercelentano any updates?
7. petercelentano commented on Oct 25, 2016

   

   petercelentano

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   What is the syntax for using this feature? Is it any different than what is posted above?