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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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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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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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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Is there any comparison engine software?
I'm not sure if I should have asked this here but I am looking for open source software that will allow someone to compare objects (images in particular), select the item, and then have the choices ...
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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
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. ...
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How can I compare columns in Excel?
If I have two columns of data with 10000 cells in each, and only three of the rows are not identical in both columns, how can I locate the different ones (without comparing each pair of cells)?
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Performance of Multiple RAM Sticks Compared to Single Sticks
It's no secret that using two physical drives gives better performance than two partitions on the same physical drive; because there are two devices, they each have their own platters, head, caches, ...
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How to use WinMerge Excel plugin?
I know this works, because of this question - How do I compare two Excel documents?
I have installed Newest WinMerge and http://freemind.s57.xrea.com/xdocdiffPlugin/en/index.html newest plugin(I ...
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Compare two computers
I would like to compare my notebook with my iPhone (about power (speed)). i need something that is really "official" or let's me make a clear statement because I'm using it for a bachelor thesis. is ...
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How can I compare the content of files in 2 different directories
Can you please tell me how can I compare the content content of each files under 2 different directories hierarchy? I am on MacOS X platform?
Thank you.
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What explains the differences in testing on different antivirus comparison sites?
There's a whole range of antivirus testing sites on the web. Some are obviously linked to a certain brand, others far less obvious. I found a range of sites, all giving a rather different view on some ...
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How to validate a DVD against an ISO
I have an ISO file and a DVD burned from that ISO file. Is there a way I can validate that the DVD contains the same as the ISO file and that nothing is wrong with the DVD?
I have the tools available ...
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Can someone explain the $100 range between these wireless headsets? [closed]
I'm looking into getting a wireless headset. It'll be mostly used for gaming. Audio quality is important, but it doesn't need to be extremely great or anything. I checked for the highest rated ...
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Directory trees merging tool
I have two directory trees - the damaged one and a backup/outdated one. I need a windows tool which will compare them up to files dates and content and show me a list of differences. Could you ...
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Comparing 128MB GeForce 8600GT and 512MB Radeon X1650
I'm trying to determine which is the better of these two video cards: 128MB Nvidia GeForce 8600GT card while the other has a 512MB ATI Radeon X1650 card.
Both cards are the upper-level mid-range ...
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Check if there are changes on file system (Ubuntu 10.10)
I have to get my PC to the service because sometimes the system hangs and suddendly reboots without any reason. Anyway, I will create a test user if they want to start the computer. Moreover I think ...
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Is mind-mapping just a todo-list visualization?
Most ToDo-List services online offer basically hierarchical lists(trees) with some bells and whistles. Mind-mapping software just seems to be a pretty drawn tree.
Is there a conceptual difference? Or ...
