Timeline for How to check what file content changes, not the atime, mtime, ctime in Linux?
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| Jul 6, 2016 at 22:50 | comment | added | Wildcard | @G-Man, a fair point, but that's related to the editor used, not the file itself. Good you brought that up, though. | |
| Jul 6, 2016 at 22:46 | comment | added | InitializeSahib | @HusnainBustam Some editors leave a file with a ~ after its name. This is a backup file. If you find it, move it to the changed file's location. If you don't, try looking for backups in other places or a skeleton in /etc/skel. | |
| Jul 6, 2016 at 22:38 | comment | added | G-Man Says 'Reinstate Monica' | @Wildcard: Well, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, etc.) lets you magically undo most changes and even recover previous versions of files. If the OP is familiar with Office and new to Linux, this question is not totally unreasonable. | |
| Jul 6, 2016 at 22:14 | comment | added | Wildcard | @HusnainBustam, If you don't have a backup, how on earth do you expect to compare your file to the previous version? Computers are tools, they are not magic wands. | |
| Jul 6, 2016 at 22:09 | comment | added | Bustam | Say I don't have the backup of the old file. In that case is there any way? | |
| Jul 6, 2016 at 22:07 | history | answered | apolinsky | CC BY-SA 3.0 |