Folder Comparisons Via Command Line
I use Cygwin's versions of the Unix command line tools:
diff -r dir1 dir2
I've also used MinGW in the past. Both have a few gotchas, but are "close enough." For visual diffs, I like WinMerge pretty well.
>diff -r Folder_A Folder_B
You may find GNU diffutils compiled for windows at GnuWin32.
There is the built in command COMP
that you could use. It depends a little bit on what you actually want to compare.
Compares the contents of two files or sets of files.
COMP [data1] [data2] [/D] [/A] [/L] [/N=number] [/C]
data1 Specifies location and name(s) of first file(s) to compare.
data2 Specifies location and name(s) of second files to compare.
/D Displays differences in decimal format.
/A Displays differences in ASCII characters.
/L Displays line numbers for differences.
/N=number Compares only the first specified number of lines in each file.
/C Disregards case of ASCII letters when comparing files.
To compare sets of files, use wildcards in data1 and data2 parameters.
Use a syntax like COMP c:\folder1 c:\folder2
to compare all files in folder1
with the content of folder2
. If you need to recurse into the subdirectories, you need to use a batch script using a FOR
loop and the PUSHD
and POPD
command.
Just leave a comment, if you need help with that.