How to do a UNIX-style diff between two versions of an Excel file

K

Kilongen

How to do a UNIX-style diff between two versions of an Excel file? One
version is 941K and one is 942K, and I want to know exactly what these
differences are. Thanks!
 
J

Joel

If you are looking just to compare text, then save both files as CSV and use
diff on a unix machine to compare the files! There are unix type tools that
you can install on windows that will run diff.
 
K

Kilongen

Thanks Joel, I should've thought of the CSV part myself. Regarding
diff tool, I'm using Windows, and am cautious about installing
malware ... can you recommend any particular diff tool? Thanks!
 

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