Questions tagged [file-comparison]
Compare files, either line by line, byte by byte or blocks of code.
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comparison of two folders containing the same filenames with different extensions
I have many catalogs where one folder contains photos in .jpg format and the second folder having same filenames in .dng format. There are some missing files between these two folders. My objective is ...
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Cross-compare several files with a diff tool
Have anyone encountered the challenge of comparing several files with each other on a Mac/unix machine?
Consider a list of files 100.txt, 101.txt, 102.txt etc. in the same folder.
How can I cross-...
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BeyondCompare doesn't ignore difference in line endings (DOS/UNIX)
I am using BeyondCompare 4 on Windows 10 to compare two directories with thousands of files.
They are the basically same, but one exported from Windows, and another one from Linux. The only difference ...
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comparing binary files at different offsets, reporting offsets of first difference
[About a month ago I asked a similar question, requesting a specific CLI software tool that would perform the required task ; it was quickly blocked on the ground that asking for specific software ...
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Compare Two Files and Remove the Duplicates
What is the easiest way to compare 2 files and deleting the duplicates found on both files. I'm aware you can do this easily on a linux box with certain commands, but how would I go about achieving ...
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How to compare files inside and outside of a zip file in Windows?
When I archive a large number of files in a zip file using 7-Zip in Windows, I'd like to verify that the compression was performed without error. In order to do this, I need to compare the original ...
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How can I compare 1 file to N other files in Ubuntu
I have a video website. Whenever a file gets uploaded it needs to be compared to all other existing files(videos) to ensure it's not a duplicate.
Considering that with each upload the number of files ...
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How to type [TAB] in Total Commander "Compare" editor?
I love to use Total Commander "Compare by content" editor. However, when I press [TAB], it doesn't type it in the source, it just rotates the focus over different GUI buttons.
How do I type [TAB] in ...
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How to diff three binary files to show only what changed between 1 and 2 and then changed back between 2 and 3?
I have three binary files (memory dumps). Call them file1, file2, file3.
I'm trying to debug some software, and I'm toggling a switch.
file1 = switch off
file2 = switch on
file3 = switch off
I need ...
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Compare two whole HDD's contents, sector-level
While analysing two 4TB HDDs, which were in some kind of RAID 1 configuration, and thus have the same contents in terms of files / folders (they have been reformatted but R-Studio lists the same file ...
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Compare and partly merge multiple projects without common ancestor
I'm looking for a way to compare/diff 3+ different, strongly related projects, none of which is the others' common ancestor and copy around ("merge") single chunks,
and specifically test files.
I do ...
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Compare three or more Word documents (*.docx)
I've seen multiple questions and answers for how to compare two Word documents, and I've seen some questions and answers for how to compare three or more raw text files, but I'm struggling to find a ...
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What are the most reliable attributes for comparing two files in order to confirm/verify they are 100% identical?
I had the following situation:
I copied 5.5 TB worth of data (in total over 100,000 directories and 10 million files) from an old disk to a newly-purchased external disk.
I used Ultracopier on ...
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Find similar documents between two piles of documents [closed]
I am looking for ways to find similar documents between two group of text documents. I know ways to compare two files. But I am looking for ways to do that between two group of files.
Let's say ...
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How to compare two files and output lines which do not appear in the first?
If I have a file A containing a list of fields:
2017-04-23
2017-04-30
2017-05-07
2017-05-14
2017-05-21
2017-05-28
2017-06-04
2017-06-11
2017-06-18
2017-06-25
And another file B containing a list of ...
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Do you know how to compare two PDF and set comment?
I know similiar questions have been asked here, but this one is different!
I have to compare two PDFs of a book. One is my original and the second is the pre-print version from the publisher.
The two ...
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Automate the comparison of corrupted files
After an unfortunate CHKDSK analysis which corrupted many files on a 3TB HDD (erroneously detected as 746 GB, probably because of a USB2 controler being incompatible with capacities over 2TB), I would ...
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How to check if two files are identical, within a Windows shell script?
I am writing a shell script using the Windows NT(ish) shell scripting language. (My computer has Windows 10.) I want to check if two text files are identical. If the files are identical, I want my ...
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Compare binary files, ignore size mismatch
How can I compare two files and print the differences like Windows' fc does even if the files' sizes are different?
I need a program for windows, cygwin programs are accepted too.
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What are these odd characters appearing when I use P4Merge with TortoiseSVN?
When comparing files, I get these characters at the start of the diff.
Image of the strange characters
I'm not sure exactly what more information to provide, but will be watching this question if ...
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Document recovery dialog in MSWord
There is [Autosaved] and [Original] files in the Document Recovery dialog, which lets me to open one or both files and then save them. The problem is that the files are very large and I cannot see ...
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Comparing directories
At some point when there was a software upgrade the previous support person that I took over from made a copy of a directory to the new server for the upgrade. We've kept the old server around ...
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Software that takes an image as input and searches a specified directory for similar images
I'm looking for a program that lets me input an image and then search a directory for visually similar images (much like Google image search, except it compares the image with my the local files in ...
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How to find similarities in two text files?
Given two text files, how can I find passages that are alike? I know that I can use Meld or another diff tool to show the differences, but how to do the reverse thing?
For example, here are two texts ...
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Copying files with filtering out same files
I'm having this problem. I copied bunch of files from one disk to another (around 200gb). Some files in the process didn't copy, mostly because the name was to long.
So, I'm looking for a tool that ...
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How to check if two DVDs are exactly the same?
I have two DVDs and if I open the DVDs and copy the content to the HDD and compare the respective files on the HDD it shows no difference. As I know DVD does also have some additional content (this ...
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How do I compare two folders recursively and generate a list of files and folders that are different?
tl;dr and an example
I'm looking for a way to compare two folders recursively and output the relative paths all files (and folders) that are different (by size or by timestamp, à la rsync).
For ...
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Free file comparison tool for Windows, with simple interface similar to Kompare [closed]
There's a ton of file comparison programs, but I'm looking for something specific and haven't found it yet. I need a graphical file comparison tool for Windows, suitable for non-power users - it ...
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How can I find the differences in visually identical PDF files? [duplicate]
I have two PDF files that look the same when viewed or printed, which diff says are binary and differ. How can I find out what the differences are?
I prefer an answer that will run on Mac OS X or on ...
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Directory contents comparer by file content, ignoring name
Is there an utility to compare the contents of a directory by file contents alone?
I have two sets of files, most of them binary same, but some of them different; but each files of a pair have ...
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Beyond-compare wont ignore line-breaks?
I have this comparison :
I want those line to be treated equal.
but it showes me they are different.
I already applied those settings :
What am I doing wrong ?
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Check if a large file includes another (smaller) file
I have a 3MB and a 5MB text file. I want to make sure that the larger file includes all the lines that are in smaller file.
The output needs to show all the lines of the smaller file not included in ...
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I want to compare 2 files down to the folders orders and contents
I want to compare two big folders – some 300 GB. I backed up my data, and I fear I might've changed some of the new copied folders contents by moving them accidentally.
I want to compare the new ...
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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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Diff two files side by side, new lines on left column for no match
This has been getting the good half of my day and I am sure such a solution must exist (if not, then I am programming one), but alas, here is the question.
I have two files, hpc.sorted.modules.txt ...
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How to compare two folders in Linux when they are almost the same?
Normally I use meld to compare folders, however, it is not handy when a folder has many subfolders, because I have to click into each subfolder to see if there is any difference.
Is there a tool to ...
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Command-line option to compare 2 images in FastStone Image Viewer
I find FastStone Image Viewer a useful freeware to compare 2 images side by side, by selecting the images (by holding down Ctrl and clicking) in its Browser view, then pressing P.
Is there a command-...
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Free WinMerge alternative with more clear line comparison [closed]
I use WinMerge to compare text files, usually alogn with TortoiseSVN.
It is pretty good.
The only thing which is inconvenient for me is very rough line comparison.
For instance, if I have two long ...
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How do I compare the contents of two folders on a Mac?
Here's my deal in a nutshell:
I use a Macbook and a PC, where I sync 2-3 large folders between the two with Windows Live Mesh.
About 5 days ago my Macbook battery died, and I just upgraded to 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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Identify differences between MP3 files
I have 2 old similar directory trees with MP3 files in them. I am happily using tools like diff and Rsync to identify and merge the files that are only present on one side, or are identical, I'm left ...
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Comparing files that differ by extension .php and php5
I have a situation that I need to have files with .php5 extension on the server to use php version 5, otherwise php version 4 is used (with .php extension).
I started the development locally with ....
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How to configure BeyondCompare to mark newline differences as unimportant?
Newline additions in the middle of a line in BeyondCompare are marked as important. I want them to become unimportant. How to do that?
Example:
A:
<img src="a.gif"/>
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<img
src="a....
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How to compare mp3, flac audio data in a file, ignoring header data (ID3 tag) etc.?
I've backed up some audio files up in 2 places and added ID3 tags into one backup but not the other, since time has passed my own memory has faded on whether the backups are actually the same, but now ...
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File comparison, one-to-many
I need a program that allows comparing one text file to many others without having to open each one manually.
This is how it would work:
1) select the file which all others will be compare with
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Program to compare binary files
I'm looking for a freeware program that compares two binary files with each other, and can do the following things:
Give a percentage of similarity
Hash the files (give a few basic, as well as fuzzy ...
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How to compare the differences between two PDF files on Windows?
Do you know a good way to compare PDF files side-by-side and show the modifications between the two?
I'm looking for Windows software to accomplish this. It would be great if you can post both free ...