Answer sets to be compared should all be named q<1..22>.out .
Each file should have 1 header (col name line, that is ignored) followed by lines of data with fields separated by the pipe character "|". Lines should not start or end with a pipe char however. No trailing line of blank lines or "rows selected" should be present.
./pairs.sh <dir1> <dir2>
This will create or overwrite a dir called <dir1>_<dir2> and put in it 22 files of the form analysis_<1..22>.out .
cmpq.pl
This is the pearl script that compares two files. The current version treats date output as a string and thus dates that (legally according to the spec) are right justified in a larger field may compare incorrectly. This will be fixed shortly.
Oliver Kennedy
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