lev_comp

Compare strings

$ lev_comp "[string1]" "[string2]"

$ lev_comp -d "[string1]" "[string2]"

$ lev_comp -i "[String1]" "[string2]"

lev_comp [options] string1 string2

lev_comp calculates Levenshtein distance between strings. The distance measures edit operations needed.
The tool compares string similarity. Lower distance means more similar strings.

STRING1 STRING2

Strings to compare.

Show Levenshtein distance.

Case insensitive.

Display help information.

Specific implementation. May not be widely available. Simple edit distance.

lev_comp implements Levenshtein distance, named after Vladimir Levenshtein who defined the metric in 1965.

diff(1), cmp(1)