Freeware text file 'sync' utility?

[Cripes Suzette]

Greetings earthlings. I have two text files that i would like to
compare for differences and 'sync'. Is there a freeware program
available that could help me do this?

 

[Stefan Ascher]

Greetings earthlings. I have two text files that i would like to
compare for differences and 'sync'. Is there a freeware program
available that could help me do this?

CVS (http://www.cvshome.org/) might be overkill in this situation, but
it's what I use.

 

[Gert van der Kooij]

Greetings earthlings. I have two text files that i would like to
compare for differences and 'sync'. Is there a freeware program
available that could help me do this?

WinMerge at http://winmerge.sourceforge.net/

An Open Source visual text file differencing and merging tool for
Win32 platforms. It is highly useful for determing what has changed
between project versions, and then merging changes between versions.

Features
Visual differencing of text files
Syntax highlighting
Diff a single file, or entire directories
File filters in directory diff
Merge differences
Directory recursion
Integrated editor (with multi-level undo/redo)
Find & Replace
Drag & Drop support
Option for integration with Windows Explorer
Rudimentary Visual SourceSafe and Rational ClearCase integration
Handles DOS, UNIX and MAC text file formats
Localizable interface via resource DLL
HTML-based User's Guide

 

[Ravi]

Greetings earthlings. I have two text files that i would
ExamDiff might be what you're looking for:

Link: http://www.prestosoft.com/ps.asp?page=edp_examdiff
(I learn fast don't I Boomer?)

 

[Adrian Carter]

Greetings earthlings. I have two text files that i would like to
compare for differences and 'sync'. Is there a freeware program
available that could help me do this?

AsciiDiff V1.5.4
http://www.homestead.com/adriancarter/compare.html

Side-by-side view of 2 text files, with differences highlighted in colour.
Case sensitive or insensitive - your choice.
Optionally ignore the first x characters of each line.
Merges selected differences between files in either direction.
Can optionally function as a pair of side-by-side editors.
Text search function with regular expression capacity.
In editing mode, can do search & replace.
Function to compare 2 selected lines in detail, character
by character, and display one above the other with differences
colour-coded.
There is a "synonym" function that allows 2 lines to be counted
as matched, if the only difference is due to 2 strings that you
already expect to differ.
Can identify and highlight transpositions (lines that would
match, but are separated by numbers of other lines that
contribute more to the overall "closeness" measure). For
example the character X and B below:

Left Right
--- ---
A A
X B
C C
C C
C C
C C
B X
D D

There is a "Depth" setting, that allows transpositions to
be identified to any required degree of permutation.

HTH,

Adrian Carter

 

[Cripes Suzette]

WinMerge at http://winmerge.sourceforge.net/

This was perfect. Thanks!