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Windows doesnt come with a simple command-line differencing tool as does UNIX/Linux.
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This is unfortunate because even Windows has to do some scripting from time to time and
comparing files manually, correctly, is a pain. Here is a short list of options that I am
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The file comparison tool, fc.exe comes with Windows and can perform an ASCII or binary
file comparison:
fc file1.txt file2.txt
The windiff.exe tool does the same comparison, but within the Windows GUI. For
Windows 2000, 2003 and XP, this tool is in the Support Tools kit, or the Resource Kit for
older versions of Windows. The windiff.exe tool can also compare the list of files in
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