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I am using Beyond Compare 4 to compare 2 text files. I run BCompare.exe in the Windows command line and run this script:

# Script.txt
select right.diff
text-report layout:side-by-side options:display-mismatches output-to:"%3" "%1" "%2"

My layout option is side-by-side, but I do not actually want this. I want the output report to show ONLY differences from the RIGHT SIDE.This is what I was attempting to do in the first line select right.diff, but from what I know, that command is used for folder comparisons, not text.

Does anyone know how to accomplish this?

Note: The %1, %2, %3 refers to the file locations of the arguements I pass into the command line. %3 is my output file, %1 is left input file and %2 is right input file.

Kangze Huang
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Beyond Compare doesn't provide a method to output only one side in a report. A report layout that only outputs one side is on the feature wish list for a future version, but it doesn't have a scheduled release date.

Chris Kennedy
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  • Oh, okay. Have users discovered any workarounds to this? I can output an XML report so perhaps parsing that? – Kangze Huang Feb 26 '16 at 15:57
  • If you're automating it, output to XML, then parsing the XML is probably the best choice. Interactively, output to HTML, then open the HTML in Microsoft Excel and save as an Excel file for additional formatting. – Chris Kennedy Feb 26 '16 at 16:00
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    My current manual process is to highlight the entire Right-side and pasting into Excel. Anyways, thanks Chris! I appreciate the quality work you guys are doing at Scooter Software! – Kangze Huang Feb 26 '16 at 16:06