Add tool "diff" for Linux and Unix #3501
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Diff is used in Linux/Unix to compare two files, two directories or two streams.
In our case, Diff is used in XFStest since we need to compare *.full and *.out.full files for failed subtests to know what has went wrong.
TODO : Currently this tool is only for Linux and Unix, Windows alternative is FC which needs to be implemented.
Currently only "comparefiles" is implemented. as we come across requirements to compare directories and streams, we will add support for them.
0 means no changes, 1 means changes detected. 2 means general failure.
Edit: Due to a checksum issue, Github was treating init.py as new file. This has been fixed with a new commit and a new PR is being raised.