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convert to python3 now that python 2 is eol. Remove the UTF-8 encoding limitation by opening in binary mode
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Stéphane Chazelas
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If those file contents are called file1, file2 and file3 in order of appearance and are properly UTF-8 encoded text, then you can do it with the following one-liner:

 # python3 -c "x=open('file1', mode='rb').read(); y=open('file2', mode='rb').read(); print(x in y or y in x)"
 True
 # python3 -c "x=open('file2', mode='rb').read(); y=open('file1', mode='rb').read(); print(x in y or y in x)"
 True
 # python3 -c "x=open('file1', mode='rb').read(); y=open('file3', mode='rb').read(); print(x in y or y in x)"
 False

If those file contents are called file1, file2 and file3 in order of appearance and are properly UTF-8 encoded text, then you can do it with the following one-liner:

 # python3 -c "x=open('file1').read(); y=open('file2').read(); print(x in y or y in x)"
 True
 # python3 -c "x=open('file2').read(); y=open('file1').read(); print(x in y or y in x)"
 True
 # python3 -c "x=open('file1').read(); y=open('file3').read(); print(x in y or y in x)"
 False

If those file contents are called file1, file2 and file3 in order of appearance, then you can do it with the following one-liner:

 # python3 -c "x=open('file1', mode='rb').read(); y=open('file2', mode='rb').read(); print(x in y or y in x)"
 True
 # python3 -c "x=open('file2', mode='rb').read(); y=open('file1', mode='rb').read(); print(x in y or y in x)"
 True
 # python3 -c "x=open('file1', mode='rb').read(); y=open('file3', mode='rb').read(); print(x in y or y in x)"
 False
convert to python3 now that python 2 is eol.
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Stéphane Chazelas
Stéphane Chazelas
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If those file contents are called file1, file2 and file3 in order of apearanceappearance and are properly UTF-8 encoded text, then you can do it with the following one-liner:

 # pythonpython3 -c "x=open('file1').read(); y=open('file2').read(); print (x in y or y in x"x)"
 True
 # pythonpython3 -c "x=open('file2').read(); y=open('file1').read(); print (x in y or y in x"x)"
 True
 # pythonpython3 -c "x=open('file1').read(); y=open('file3').read(); print (x in y or y in x"x)"
 False

If those file contents are called file1, file2 and file3 in order of apearance then you can do it with the following one-liner:

 # python -c "x=open('file1').read(); y=open('file2').read(); print x in y or y in x"
 True
 # python -c "x=open('file2').read(); y=open('file1').read(); print x in y or y in x"
 True
 # python -c "x=open('file1').read(); y=open('file3').read(); print x in y or y in x"
 False

If those file contents are called file1, file2 and file3 in order of appearance and are properly UTF-8 encoded text, then you can do it with the following one-liner:

 # python3 -c "x=open('file1').read(); y=open('file2').read(); print(x in y or y in x)"
 True
 # python3 -c "x=open('file2').read(); y=open('file1').read(); print(x in y or y in x)"
 True
 # python3 -c "x=open('file1').read(); y=open('file3').read(); print(x in y or y in x)"
 False
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Timo
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If those file contents are called file1, file2 and file3 in order of apearance then you can do it with the following one-liner:

 # python -c "x=open('file1').read(); y=open('file2').read(); print x in y or y in x"
 True
 # python -c "x=open('file2').read(); y=open('file1').read(); print x in y or y in x"
 True
 # python -c "x=open('file1').read(); y=open('file3').read(); print x in y or y in x"
 False