File comparison is commonly used when merging source files, but is also used for generating differences between (and merging) binary data.
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How does the OCR in Abbyy Finereader Pro 11 (Win) compare to FR Express 8 (Mac) [closed]
I am wondering how the OCR performance of Abbyy Finereader Express 8.2 for Mac compares to the latest Windows version of the same program.
Is the Mac version really three iterations behind, or are ...
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View incremental diffs of my revisions to files using Dropbox
Sometimes I use a simple editor like Notepad++ to edit my webpages on Dropbox.
Notepad++, not being an über-editor or IDE, does not track file changes for me.
But Dropbox does!!
Has anybody ...
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Excel - How To: Two columns with titles. getting rid of duplicates, keep associated numbers.
I have two huge excel spreadsheets with music titles. One has an associated CD/Track number on it. There are several instances of a title having more than one CD/track number, and I would like to keep ...
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Image comparison software with pattern recognation
I need a software to compare two images but not pixel by pixel. It should use pattern recognation to compare. I've found a few softwares that can compare pixel by pixel. This doesn't work with my ...
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Is there a program that compares image files and reports if they are exactly the same pixel-wise?
I'm making a regression testing suite for some rendering software. I need to be able to load an image file (PNG or TGA, ideally) and compare the pixel values to a standard approved image.
I'd like it ...
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What will be Windows 7 boot time for C2D and i5? [closed]
Please tell me what will be Boot Time for the following configuration laptop.
Core 2 Duo (2.2 Ghz, 800 Mhz FS, 4MB, L2 cache) / 2GB RAM / 500GB HDD .
i5-430M (3M Cache, 2.26 GHz) / 2GB RAM ...
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How can I compare just the file contents of two zip files
I created these two zip files about 24 hours apart.
$ ls -l /tmp/*.zip
-rw-rw-r-- 1 scott scott 1401289 Mar 21 20:11 /tmp/inc1.zip
-rw-rw-r-- 1 scott scott 1401289 Mar 22 19:29 /tmp/inc2.zip
You ...
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How can I compare the contents of .pdf files, excluding filenames from comparison?
I usually use WinMerge to view the differences between files, but in this case it doesn't help. The files I'm comparing are known to have different filenames, which is creating false positives when 2 ...
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Is there any reliable face comparison software available to the public [closed]
I have two photographs and I want a piece of software to compare the faces and tell me if they are the same person.
I have seen it done in TV shows like CSI but I know they are prone to stretching ...
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ISO on DVD differing across platforms?
I have the 32-bit ISO of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and I burned it to a DVD (using Nero Express on Windows XP) to install in VirtualBox on my other computer (running Fedora 15).
The problem ...
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Windows Server 2008R2 - Standard or Datacenter edition?
Which one should I install?
I virtualize a lot, and have an access to my school's MSDNAA, where I can download/"buy" Windows 2008R2. All editions (with SP1).
Which one should I choose?
Standard or
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OpenOffice/LibreOffice: compare documents with command line parameters
I know that OpenOffice/LibreOffice offers to compare a writable document with another document using "Edit -> Compare Document". But how can I invoke OpenOffice/LibreOffice using a command line call ...
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Check for duplicate files in two collections, ignoring duplicates within A
I have four similar large collections of website files. They are archived copies of a similar directory tree from different times in the past.
I want to merge them all to the most recent collection, ...
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md5sum of files in two folders
I'm trying to compare all the files in two folders via an md5sum in one command. Some like the following (bash) in Debian:
$ cd ~/FOLDER1
$ md5sum ~/FOLDER2/* | md5sum -c -
The idea is that the ...
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2answers
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List differences between remote folder (sftp) and local one
I wish to find a windows program (preferably with GUI) that will compare recursively a remote folder (SFTP) and a local one.
I would like it to list all the files and folders that are different, ...
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Why using hexadecimal in computer is better than using octal?
What are benefits that hexadecimal provides? And is it really octal is less common than hexadecimal?
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GUI Software To Compare Two Files, Get “Clean” Export of Differences?
Is there a way to do a "clean" export of the differences between files? Not a diff, or even a formatted report... just a clean .CSV/.XLS/etc export.
This is for people that are non-technical; we have ...
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GNU/Linux substitute for the Windows-based TreeComp tool
I miss the TreeComp tool from Windows on Linux. Does anybody know about a similar tool for Linux?
I've tried Unison & Unison-gtk (slow and cumbersome), diff (various), meld, mc, rsync (immensely ...
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Excel find and replace from three columns [closed]
Please consider the following three columns:
OLD-REP OLD NEW
1 1 2
2 2 3
2 3 4
2 4 5
2 5 6
2 ...
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Quickly create a comparison chart in Powerpoint Mac 2011
Is there a way to quickly create a nice comparison chart simply by checking boxes in powerpoint Mac 2011?
I know I can manually put unicode check and X in and then color it by hand, but this is ...
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How to show linux “cmp” command progress?
Is there a way to show the progress when running the cmp command?
Comparing large files or partitions using cmp can take a while.
I have searched google and used man cmp, but failed to find any ...
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Know any file compare utility for chunks of text?
Is there any file-compare utility-software that can help me compare chunks of text from two text files ?
As in, I want to know what chunks of text that are in one file can be found again in the ...
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Which is better, GTS 450 512MB in SLI, or GT 440 1GB? [closed]
I am considering getting either of these setups, and I can't for the life of me decide which to get.
If you are going to suggest a card, it must have a VGA connection.
Should I get 2x GTS 450 ...
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Find the difference between two Excel files [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I compare two Excel documents?
I would like to compare two separate workbook spreadsheets for changes that were made from the original in the second. To give a ...
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FileZilla as local files manager - comparing files and directories on local disks
Is there a way to open local directory instead of server directory?
Do you know if there is some plugin to make it avaible?
I would like to use FileZilla as local file manager just to compare ...
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Find missing files from multiple backups, regardless the folder location
I have 6 backups of my PC wasting a lot of space, on an external hard disk, because all of them are full backups (not incremental) of my PC, meaning that the majority of the contents are duplicated ...
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Remote Desktop software: Why is Teamviewer so much faster than the open source competitors?
TeamViewer is faster compared to FLOSS alternatives concerning 2 aspects:
The whole configuration process before the actual session: Determine IP, traverse through NAT & firewall, etc whereas in ...
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Fast large folder comparison utility on Mac (maybe Windows)
I am looking for a tool that could help me compare the contents of 2 big folders and detect what's changed in one of them (files added, modified, moved, copied) compared to the target. I also want to ...
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How can I compare two directories, one being a remote directory?
I want to compare two directories, one is local and the other is on another machine.
How can I do that? Can I do it with diff?
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Compare two video files to find out which has best quality
Suppose I have same video material encoded in two (or more) files. I'd like to run some utility on them which groundly pointed out which file is "best" in quality. "Groundly" means that I'd like to ...
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Want a software which can create image based product comparison tables for websites
I'm looking for some software or web-based tool which can create image based comparison tables for putting on a website, which can be used to comparing different products ..
However the angle is that ...
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What's going on with my 'if' comparison in bash?
bash input:
if [[ 167 > 10800 ]]
then
echo "I can't compare"
fi
bash output:
I can't compare
I guess the question is pretty obvious...
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Checksumming an entire CD/DVD
I'm publishing a set of documentation to be delivered on CD. My Company's European production manager is concerned that he has no way to verify that the data on the discs he produces is correct. He ...
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Looking for benchmark performance direct comparison between 10K rpm WD Velociraptor 150Gb and 300Gb capacities [closed]
Are these drives identical in performance? The only difference being capacity, i.e one is 150Gbyte the other 300Gbyte. i.e. twice the size?
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What's the difference between Droid Sans and Droid Sans Pro fonts? [closed]
I know, that the simple Droid is free, and the Droid Pro fonts are paid fonts.
But what's the difference? I have found some fonts online ... which is said to be the Droid Sans Pro. Tried to find out ...
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How does Tonido compare to Dropbox?
I've been using Dropbox for a while and really like it. I enjoy the fact that there is a desktop client that just allows me to drop something in a folder and its instantly available.
However, I came ...
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comparing files on local and remote server
I'm using filezilla for my ftp client.
But i'm missing a feature i had dreamweaver years back that would list the difference between mylocal and remote sites.
I'm wondering if anyone can recommend ...
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See if folder x has all the files in folder z
I have 2 folders, and I want to know if folder#1 has all the files in folder#2
How can I check this?
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1answer
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Looking for utility to look for identical blocks text within a *single* document
I want to look for duplicate blocks of text within the same document. Tools like WinMerge and Beyond Compare don't seem to do this.
Does anyone know of a utility that can do this?
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ubuntu command: fc
Needing to compare two text files, I naturally thought to use fc and then I discovered that on ubuntu it is diff that would be the command. man fc indicates that the manual has no fc.
Strangely when ...
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Compare Guitar Pro files
I am looking for a tool that can diff/compare Guitar Pro (5) files. Which of these file types should/could I use to compare tablatures? GP5 exports these file types:
MIDI
ASCII
MusicXML
GP5
These ...
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Pixel pushing power comparison: GeForce 8600 GT and modern Intel HD Graphics?
There's a similar question here. The answer has a useful link to a table on Tom's Hardware, however I don't think it entirely covers my question. The reason is that the latest generation Intel ...
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How to compare files with partially matching file names? (tools/software?)
Is there a tool/software to do this?
I use beyond compare and am advised that the regex features it provides might make this possible but I've not seen a working solution yet.
Background, I'm ...
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What are the differences between virtualization technologies and products?
I am currently investigating how to set up virtualization on my laptop but I am having trouble finding a good source of information about what different virtualization technology is good at and how it ...
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Differences between Office 2007 and Office 2010 [closed]
I have the opportunity to upgrade my copy of Office 2007 to Office 2010 in a very low price through the MS Home Usage Program.
Looking for the differences on the Office website, I couldn't see ...
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Multi-platter hard disk performance guidance
I have a 1TB hard disk, and it has three platters.
If I make three partition on each platter (where partitions C:, F:, and I: will be on the starting part of each platter) and I install as follows:
...
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AMD X4 975 vs. Intel i5-2400 [closed]
Take these two processors. They are roughly the same price (AMD one just slightly cheaper, if you factor in the motherboard as well).
I'm trying to decide between these two and the reason why I'm ...
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Pentium 4 Willamette vs. Faster Celeron Northwood [closed]
Which is the preferable of the following two processors?
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 1.70 GHz, 256K Cache, 400 MHz FSB Willamette
Intel® Celeron® Processor 2.40 GHz, 128K Cache, 400 MHz FSB ...
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What are the small details Windows and Linux users will trip on when using OSX for the first time?
Like any other Apple product, OS X prides itself on the little details. When, earlier last week, I used my professor's Mac briefly to give a quick project presentation (mine decided to do a chkdsk at ...
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Bash or Zsh - which one and why? [closed]
So, the question pretty much says it all. I'm on Snow Leopard, and I do a lot of web development, particularly in Rails 3 which makes heavy use of the console.
I've seen some notable bloggers etc. ...
