[Novalug] OT: comparing spreadsheet data files, and displaying results

[Mark Smith]

On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 11:10:51AM -0700, James (Jim) Darlack wrote:
>   Im looking for a method of comparing and displaying two Microshaft Excel Spreadsheet files.  The content are daily job postings within a company.  There are many postings, and it is difficult to spot any new postings. Especially when the new postings are scattered within the spreadsheet

not sure exactly what you're doing, but i've had luck exporting to
a csv and then doing a diff, particularly a side-by-side diff in an
extra wide xterm.

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