Directory of File Comparison Resources

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File comparison, synchronization, and merge utilities, from the humble Unix "cmp" and "diff" to more visual and interactive utilities. These show how two files, especially text files, are different, and often what needs to be changed to make them identical - which lines need to be inserted, deleted, changed, or moved. This helps to join two versions of a document, or to see what changed between versions.

Subcategories

• Unix
• Windows

Resources in This Category

• Advanced CheckSum Verifier

  http://www.irnis.net/
  Verifies the integrity of files, by using the CRC32 or MD5 checksum calculation algorithms. Checksums may be used for revealing the damaged files or compare two files for identity. [Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP].

• Csvdiff

  http://csvdiff.sourceforge.net/
  Command line utility to diff/compare two CSV files with the possibility to select the separator. Written in Perl, licensed under the GNU GPL.

• Darwin Open Systems

  http://www.darwinsys.com/freeware/
  Including Java diff source code, idiff, mgdiff, and spiff Unix tar.gz downloads.

• DateWise FileCompare

  http://www.datewise.com/mt/
  Patented comparison technique that automatically recognizes a file with embedded tokens, and reporting differences between the files and embedded tokens separately. The utility is available in both EBCDIC and ASCII versions for almost every platform.

• Diasoft Corporation

  http://www.filereplicationpro.com/
  File Replication Pro, is a secure TCP/IP based replication solution, automatic real-time or scheduled replication across LANs, WANs, Internet and firewalls. [Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000/UNIX/LINUX/MAC/NETWARE]

• fsum

  http://www.slavasoft.com/fsum/
  Free file checksum generation and verification utility. Supports .MD5 and .SFV file formats.

• Generic Diff Format

  http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-gdiff-19970901.html
  Specification of GDIFF, a generic file format for representing the differences between two files, from Marimba to the W3C.

• Guiffy Software

  http://www.guiffy.com/
  Shareware text file compare/smart-merge tool with a 1.2 Java/Swing GUI. For all Java-enabled platforms.

• KDiff3

  http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net/
  Compares and merges 2 or 3 files or directories. The file diff shows changes within each line. For Unix and for Windows. Source available under GPL.

• SoftInterface, Inc.

  http://www.softinterface.com/
  WordDocDiff compares two MSWord/Text files side by side. Complements FindInFilesX and CompareFilesX.

• Unison

  http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/
  File synchronization tool that allows two replicas of a collection of files. Directories to be stored on different hosts (or different disks on the same host), modified separately, and then brought up to date by propagating the changes in each replica to the other. [Unix / Windows]

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