#!/usr/bin/python import difflib text1 = """text1: This module provides classes and functions for comparing sequences. including HTML and context and unified diffs. difflib document v7.4 add string """ text1_lines = text1.splitlines() text2 = """text2: This module provides classes and functions for Comparing sequences. including HTML and context and unified diffs. difflib document v7.5""" text2_lines = text2.splitlines() d = difflib.Differ() diff = d.compare(text1_lines, text2_lines) print ' '.join(list(diff))