Difference of two textfiles
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I'm about to check the differences of two files. In UNIX I should used the nice little command diff, but I can't google any Windows version for that.... _____________________________ ...and justice for all APe
The DOS command is FC and there is a Windows program called WinDiff that is shipped with all version of Visual Studio. Roger Stewart "I Owe, I Owe, it's off to work I go..."
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I'm about to check the differences of two files. In UNIX I should used the nice little command diff, but I can't google any Windows version for that.... _____________________________ ...and justice for all APe
WinDiff is part of the Platform SDK and is also installed by all three common versions of Visual Studio (e.g. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\Tools\Bin). TextPad[^] has a built-in diff feature. Personally I normally use SourceGear's sgdm.exe which is part of Vault[^]. I've got so used to using it as part of normal operations in Vault that I now use it for regular file/folder diffs as well. There's a small market out there for really powerful diff/merge tools such as Guiffy[^]. Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder
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I'm about to check the differences of two files. In UNIX I should used the nice little command diff, but I can't google any Windows version for that.... _____________________________ ...and justice for all APe
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I'm about to check the differences of two files. In UNIX I should used the nice little command diff, but I can't google any Windows version for that.... _____________________________ ...and justice for all APe
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I'm about to check the differences of two files. In UNIX I should used the nice little command diff, but I can't google any Windows version for that.... _____________________________ ...and justice for all APe
Beyond Compare[^] will get the job done with flying marks (And much more!)
A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have evolved from a simpler system that worked just fine. - Murphy's Law of Computing
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I'm about to check the differences of two files. In UNIX I should used the nice little command diff, but I can't google any Windows version for that.... _____________________________ ...and justice for all APe
d00_ape wrote: I can't google any Windows version :doh: Unix Tools for Win32 http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/
"An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't." - Anatole France
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Beyond Compare[^] will get the job done with flying marks (And much more!)
A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have evolved from a simpler system that worked just fine. - Murphy's Law of Computing
I've been using Beyond Compare 2 lately at work (because we have a site license) and it is quite effective, but I think Araxis merge is a little nicer. Araxis[^] is the slickest merge tool I've seen so far. (Back in the DOS days, I used a tool called "Delta" by OPENetwork and it was so good that I used it well into my Windows career, but now the Windows tools are finally better). I'm wondering if the OP wanted a programmatic differ? If so, then look into learning a bit of Python[^] -- it has some built-in libraries for that. Of course, learning a new language for this one project may seem like a bit much, but you won't regret it. :) You could also use FC and parse the output, I suppose. Or you can even get versions of diff that run on Windows (with or without cygwin). Matt Gerrans
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I've been using Beyond Compare 2 lately at work (because we have a site license) and it is quite effective, but I think Araxis merge is a little nicer. Araxis[^] is the slickest merge tool I've seen so far. (Back in the DOS days, I used a tool called "Delta" by OPENetwork and it was so good that I used it well into my Windows career, but now the Windows tools are finally better). I'm wondering if the OP wanted a programmatic differ? If so, then look into learning a bit of Python[^] -- it has some built-in libraries for that. Of course, learning a new language for this one project may seem like a bit much, but you won't regret it. :) You could also use FC and parse the output, I suppose. Or you can even get versions of diff that run on Windows (with or without cygwin). Matt Gerrans
Araxis Merge is pretty slick but, Beyond Compare $30 per license Araxis Merge $269 per license Is it really $239 slicker than Beyond Compare?
A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have evolved from a simpler system that worked just fine. - Murphy's Law of Computing
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Araxis Merge is pretty slick but, Beyond Compare $30 per license Araxis Merge $269 per license Is it really $239 slicker than Beyond Compare?
A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have evolved from a simpler system that worked just fine. - Murphy's Law of Computing
Eddie Velasquez wrote: Araxis Merge $269 per license Actually, I got the standard version a couple of years ago and it still serves me well. The standard version is only $129 and compared to the professional version it only lacks 3 way diff, automatic merging & conflict highlighting. Free is always good, and $30 is certainly reasonable .. but $129 is also reasonable for the standard edition.