Questions tagged [file-compare]
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How do I find common lines in two files
Let's say I have:
text.txt
with
1
2
3
4
5
and another
text2.txt
with
9
4
2
1
7
And I want to extract the duplicates:
2
1
4
Note: I'm using windows, I want it to be as easy as possible
RaRe MoDz
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How to compare huge sparse files efficiently?
There are two sparse files. They are proved identical by diff. But it took 20 minutes (too long time) to compare. I am thinking of taring them into tiny files to speed up the comparison. But they tar into different outputs.
They are 512GB huge…
midnite
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Binary/Hash comparing files in different locations while ignoring folder structure in OSX
I need a way to compare files in two different sets of locations, preferably in a way that is a little more thorough than just the file name.
We recently got a new NAS for the office and have been moving data from various USB hard drives on to it. I…
mynameisdev
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How to specify files to filter out in Meld from the command line?
I use Meld on Linux to compare files/dirs. (It's far slower and seemingly less capable than WinMerge, but WinMerge is sadly not available for Linux.)
I'm trying to ignore some files/dirs which I don't want to compare.
This page explains it for the…
Stan
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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 different names even if their contents match.
Is there a…
n611x007
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How to do local/remote file compare with TeamViewer?
Can anyone tell me how to do local/remote file compare with TeamViewer ?
Mawg
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How to compare files by dimension (pixel resolution) when copying in Windows 7
How to compare files by dimension (pixel resolution) when copying in Windows 7?
When copying a file into a folder
Windows compares them by size and date modified:
Is there a way add a third compare line with dimension (pixel resolution)?
Thanks
StackProber
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Microsoft Word: how to compare and edit 2 documents, without creating a 3rd one
I do proof reading on documents written by non-native English speakers.
With text editors you get to compare 2 versions of the same document and you
can edit either directly.
In Microsoft Word, switching in and out Track changes mode is…
Francis
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How to go to next difference when comparing documents in Word 2016?
I'm comparing two very similar documents using review, compare, compare. Word shows me both but I do not see how to jump to each differences.
How can I jump to next difference?
I'm using Word 2016
Emilio Platzer
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Compare two large files but ignore order of lines
I have 2 files that I need to compare, but each file has many of the same entries on different lines. How can I compare 2 LARGE files (many gb's) and only see the lines that dont show up in the other?
Example:
File1: Line 1: Hello Line 2: Goodbye…
GPP
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Compare/Check PDF filename and contents
We currently have a application that generates a pdf document and automatically names it based on {UniqueID-DocCode-StartDate-StartTime}, all this data is coming from a db via our application. We are getting one major problem.
pdf contents and…
Taz
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Notepad++ Compare Plugin has lines of unequal size
I am using Notepad++'s "Compare" plugin - which is incredibly useful for comparing code chunks... however I have just recently noticed that while using this handy tool, the lines do not line up side by side.
Looking at the first few lines,…
mjavon
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Comparison between a folder and another one plus its subfolders content
My situation is this:
I have a simple SD Card full of photos and videos from my camera that date back to few years ago and I realized some pictures have never been imported to hard drive. Now I would like to compare all these GBs of photos to my…
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MS Word: Compare Documents Layout
I'm using MS Word 2010. I wanted to compare two documents, so I used the built-in compare function, which opened the overly-cluttered layout showing the two versions in two small views, the merged version in a large view and the reviewing…
Zoltán
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Compare two columns with duplicates in first column and highlight matches
Team,
I bummed on how to do this. I need to compare two columns.
Col F with source column P and highlight the matches in Col F including the duplicates if any. Since both columns has duplicates within themselves, i cannot use highlight duplicates…
Shiv
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