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(isearch-search-fun): Compare the length of the current search string with the length of the string from the previous search state to detect the situation when the user adds or removes characters in the search string. Use word-search-forward-lax and word-search-backward-lax in this case, and otherwise word-search-forward and word-search-backward.

#!/bin/sh
if
test -r $2
then
if
cmp $1 $2 > /dev/null
then
echo $2 is unchanged
rm -f $1
else
mv -f $1 $2
fi
else
mv -f $1 $2
fi