Phoenix Network Forums

by **ga12** on Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:32 pm

Well I was wondering if anyone know's of any programs to compare 2 .txt file's then tell's you the diffrences of the text so like if one line is diffrent it will show you that line.

by **wuffie** on Sat Mar 25, 2006 9:40 pm

Im pretty sure you can use any compare tool to do this, even MS compare that comes with windows should do it for you! Very Happy

by **al_tyranny** on Sat Mar 25, 2006 10:52 pm

Yup. Try man diff.

by **ga12** on Sun Mar 26, 2006 6:14 pm

I'm meant for windows not nix lol and where is the ms compare i didn't see it on my pc.

by **reikor0x** on Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:14 am

Try a md5 tool o pgp.
They create a hash of a file.
If 2 file has the some hash the file are equal.

by **hannahbrian** on Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:38 pm

Have you tried the windows "fc" command?
Open up a command prompt, and type:

Code: Select all: help fc

Results:

Code: Select all: Compares two files or sets of files and displays the differences between them FC [/A] [/C] [/L] [/LBn] [/N] [/T] [/U] [/W] [/nnnn] [drive1:][path1]filename1 [drive2:][path2]filename2 FC /B [drive1:][path1]filename1 [drive2:][path2]filename2 /A Displays only first and last lines for each set of differences. /B Performs a binary comparison. /C Disregards the case of letters. /L Compares files as ASCII text. /LBn Sets the maximum consecutive mismatches to the specified number of lines. /N Displays the line numbers on an ASCII comparison. /T Does not expand tabs to spaces. /U Compare files as UNICODE text files. /W Compresses white space (tabs and spaces) for comparison. /nnnn Specifies the number of consecutive lines that must match after a mismatch.

It's not always the prettiest, but it does the job.
Just fc file1 file2

by **reikor0x** on Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:01 am

Fc is available here http://www.oneysoft.com/fc.exe

by **hannahbrian** on Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:14 pm

Doesn't FC come equipped on all windows machines? You shouldn't have to download it first. Maybe you have to set up its location in your path, but it should be already installed if you have a windows machine.

Phoenix Network Forums

Does anyone know of a program to compare .txt?

Does anyone know of a program to compare .txt?

FC

FC

Who is online