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Remove difference b/w PC and Unix Text in beyond compare
My problem is I'm try to compare two folders which are almost same but some little difference.
But when I compare both of the folders then it shows difference in each file.
When i open the file its ...
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1answer
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How can I get a diff-like comparison of two files without the “change” sections?
I have two files that I would like to compare in terms of additions and deletions only. For example, if I diff these two files:
start
old
old
old
end
and:
start
old
old but now new
new
new
end
I ...
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4answers
172 views
Difference between folders
How can I compare recursively 2 folders with same structure.
With using diff or git diff from bash command line?
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2answers
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Comparing files for similarities
Is there a standard Linux tool that looks for similarities between two files? The diff tool works best comparing files that are mostly the same, and outputs where they differ. I'm looking for a tool ...
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1answer
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How can I compare two files, from a website, on the command line?
I need to do the following: Basically, I want to be able to compare two text (or text-equivalent, i.e. not binary) files which are held on a website, e.g.:
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1answer
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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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4answers
420 views
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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1answer
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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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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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1answer
408 views
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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1answer
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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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3answers
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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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1answer
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What options do I have for comparing web site on local server?
What are my options for finding the diff between some pretty complicated web pages?
I am trying to see why Server A works when Server B doesn't. Both have the same software on them, and, as far as I ...
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1answer
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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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2answers
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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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1answer
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Mercurial: How I can use external tool for diff?
I want to use kdiff3 as a tool for comparing different versions of a repository.
Is there a way how one can do it?
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2answers
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Comparing a folder with a git repository
I have a folder now once exported from a git repository, and the git repository itself:
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/now/
/repository.git/
I'd like to compare the files in now to the current state of the repository. While ...
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2answers
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Is there any way to find similar files (not duplicates)?
My final goal is refactoring code written by my coworkers. So, is there a tool which can find files differing in only few words?
(Edit: this is for a Mac, but others might like non-Mac answers too.)
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5answers
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How do you compare multiple folders with same files to find all different versions of the same file?
I've got 700+ folders with the same set of 200+ classic asp files (basically text files) in each folder. Over the years various people have made minor changes inside these asp files. I need an utility ...
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3answers
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vimdiff: Jump to next difference inside line?
vimdiff is very handy for comparing files. However, I often use it on files with long lines and relatively few differences inside the lines.
vimdiff will correctly highlight differences inside a line ...
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1answer
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How can Powershell on Windows 7 diff two files?
Can Powershell on Windows 7 diff two files on the hard drive?
Sometimes a text compare is helpful, but otherwise just telling whether a file is identical to another file is helpful. thanks.
Update:
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4answers
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What is a good text comparison tool for Windows?
I am looking for a free, quality tool to compare two pieces of text. Either to compare the files themselves or just in two buffers. I would like it to be nice an easy to read.
I currently use ...
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1answer
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Have you used DiffVue? It is a diff utility but I don't know much about it
When I search download.com, I found this diffvue software, and it sounds quite promising with cheap price. But its size is huge comparing to other software. I tested only a basic things and I like ...
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4answers
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Different software for Word files? [closed]
What is a good program to compare MS Word files that beats Word's own comparison function?
