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Re^3: Comparing two text files and marking differencesby afoken (Chancellor) |
on Jan 31, 2021 at 14:35 UTC ( [id://11127712]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
I have never found the output of a standard diff to be very enlightening. I'm sure it works well to change files, patch-style, but it isn't very readable for someone simply wanting to see what happened to the text in a side-by-side format. Plain old diff (in the GNU version) has at least four output formats:
TortoiseSVN comes with a diff and merge tool called TortoiseMerge that can show changes side by side, highlighting not only changed lines, but also changes within the lines. Side note:
Proper indenting would make the "#END SUB comparator" redundant:
Alexander
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