File comparison is the act of comparing one file's properties with another's.
Use this tag for questions related to comparing the size, content, etc. of two or more files.
Questions tagged [file-comparison]
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finding rows from file2 in file1 which have extended columns in file2
I have file1 as:
ABC CDEF HAGD CBDGCBAHS:ATSVHC
NBS JHA AUW MNDBE:BWJW
DKW QDW OIW KNDSK:WLKJW
BNSHW JBSS IJS BSHJA
ABC CDEF CBS 234:ATSVHC
DKW QDW FSD 634:WLKJW
and file2:
ABC CDEF HAGD CBDGCBAHS:ATSVHC:THE:123
NBS JHA AUW MNDBE:BWJW:THE:243
DKW…
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How to Save file names and their directories path in a text file using Python
I am trying to find a string that is contained in files under a directory. Then make it to store it's file names and directories under a new text file or something.
I got upto where it is going through a directory and finding a string, then…
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How to display to screen a detailed report using beyond compare 3 with script?
I would like to display a detailed report to screen (not saving to output file)
after using beyond compare 3 with script.
Has anyone have an idea how to do achieve such behavior?
Your help is welcomed :)
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compressing files in JAVA
My project has a requirement that I have to receive a file via a REST service(using jersey) and store it in the database.
The file size will be around 2-4MB.
The received file can be either zip or pdf format.
Before storing in database I would like…
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powershell: compare specific columns of CSV files and return entire row of differences
I have 2 CSV files I'd like to compare. They both have multiple columns of different data but they also both have a column with IP addresses. Call them $log1 and $log2
I am trying to compare the files. If an IP from $log1 is found in $log2 I would…
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Unix file comparison
I have two files which has component name and version number separated by a space:
cat file1
com.acc.invm:FNS_PROD 94.0.5
com.acc.invm:FNS_TEST_DCCC_Mangment 94.1.6
com.acc.invm:FNS_APIPlat_BDMap 100.0.9
com.acc.invm:SendEmail…
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Beyond Compare - Finding number of line differences rather than byte differences when using Folder Compare
So I am using Beyond Compare 4.0.7 and am comparing two folders containing different versions of a Java project. I want to find how many lines have been changed to class files in the newest project.
So I filter by *.class files, view differences…
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How to compare 2 text files (content) without loop in Java?
Is there any way to compare 2 text (ODT) files without using loops?
The point is, inside a servlet, I'm receiving a file from JavaScript and I want to compare it with another stored in the server. This is what I'm doing, but it isn't working, it…
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Script to compare 2 files line by line
I have two text files:
File1.txt
dadads 434 43 {"4fsdf":"66db1" fdf1:"5834"}
gsgss 45 0 {"gsdg":"8853" sgdfg:"4631"}
fdf 767 4643 {"klhf":"3455" kgs:"4566"}
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File2.txt
8853
6437437567
36265
4566
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Output could be two files
Match.txt
gsgss…
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Command line comparison of 2 directories using Beyond Compare or other tool
I have 2 directories which I need to compare using a command line utility. There are 2 requirements:
Not to present equal files in the output - that is, I do not want even the names of the equal files to appear in the output
Possibility to ignore…
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What is the best way to identify if MSI have been modified or not
In our organization, An automated script copies all MSI's from build location to a new folder inside a shared folder each time after a successful build. There are more than 150 projects. Problem I am facing is, even though only 20 projects have been…
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Find files that are newer than another with similar name, but different extension
This is fairly simple issue that has been bothering me. A little backstory. I have a folder full of scripts. These scripts takes data files *.dat and generates output in *.eps. The extension of my scripts is *.plt. I create a one line shell script…
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Batch File Compare (FC) Output Not Working
I have two files that contain a list of files from a directory: files.txt and filesb.txt
file1.txt contains the following:
file1
file2
file3
file4
file5
file6
filelast
While filesb.txt contains:
file1
file2
file3
file4
file5
file7
filelast
From…
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Python file string comparison
I am trying to do a string comparison between strings in two text files. The text is produced by bintext application reading from .exe and produce files with format such as below :
File pos Mem pos ID Text
======== ======= …
razler
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Powershell - Find out if there are two files with the same name
I'm trying to check a series of directories and subdirectories to see if there are two or more files with the same name in the same folder. I think my issue is how I'm trying to validate a string.
For the following test directory:
|--…
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