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How can I change my code to be able to compare the size of two files.

if [ -f $1 ] && [ -f $2 ] && [ ! $1 -ef $2 ]; then
    size1=$(du $1)
    size2=$(du $2)
    if [ $1 -gt $2 ]; then
     echo "$1 is bigger"
    else
      echo "$1 is smaller"
    fi
fi

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implying there's significant difference between fstream.tellg and ftell(FILE* stream)