What can I use to compare two text files in Windows? Any software or website that you know of for the purpose??
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Sounds like a SuperUser question!
Try searching for 'diff' or 'WinDiff'.
PSPad has a shell-integrated TextDiff function that's pretty good, if you want a text editor too.
Seth
2009-09-12 21:41:10
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I swear by BeyondCompare, $30, 30 day trial
there are myrads of FOSS alternatives which are nowhere near as good.
Dustin Getz
2009-09-12 21:42:00
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There's a command-line tool that comes as part of Windows called FC. Type FC /? in a Command Prompt window to find out more.
WinDiff comes with many Microsoft development tools but it's getting seriously long in the tooth at this point. I second the recommendation for WinMerge.
Ken Keenan
2009-09-12 21:43:49
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If you've got very simple requirements, there are some online text differenceing options, such as http://www.textdiff.com/
But as others have said, WinMerge is awesome and free.
Jon Galloway
2009-09-12 21:51:31
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If you are just wanting text based files use http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/. It also does highlighting based on the code that you use so it will look like most IDE's
Mitchell Skurnik
2009-09-12 21:54:09
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We have used CompareIt for nummeros comparison tasks. Works great. Compares each line and character, and recognizes section that have been moved due to other text that have been added in the middle of the file, etc.. As you would expect it too :-)
Lars Udengaard
2009-09-12 22:00:10
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PilotEdit is a excellent tool for comparing files. http://www.pilotedit.com
Dracoder
2009-10-20 04:22:04
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You can try Compare++. The diff tool is a visual specialized tool for file comparison, merging and folder synchronization with lightning speed.
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The best online tool for the job I've seen so far is text-compare.com.
ImperviousClarity
2010-08-07 16:00:59