{"id":3333,"date":"2009-02-06T19:00:59","date_gmt":"2009-02-06T19:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/?p=3333"},"modified":"2009-02-05T13:20:33","modified_gmt":"2009-02-05T13:20:33","slug":"compare-files-folders-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/compare-files-folders-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Tool to Compare Files & Folders for Free"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are looking to compare two folders or files which have almost similar content, then check out WinMerge<\/a> a tool which can help you with many things for free, since this is a Open Source Tool for Windows.<\/p>\n

\"CompareIf you have a project which is being updated and you want to compare the changes made in a number of files or folders, then doing it manually can be a tedious job and a tool like this can come handy because it takes minimal space for installation and it handles multiple file formats ie Windows, Mac & Unix.<\/p>\n

\"Compare<\/a> \"Compare<\/a><\/p>\n

If you see the above screenshots you can file how easy it would be to compare two text files with line numbers, word-wrap and highlighting of the changes in both files. The Folders are compared based on the file sizes and dates and you can compare big folders with all sub folders.<\/p>\n

Just download the application and install it to get started with your comparisons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you are looking to compare two folders or files which have almost similar content, then check out WinMerge a tool which can help you with many things for free, since this is a Open Source Tool for Windows. 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