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Beyond Compare is a data comparison utility. Aside from comparing files, the program is capable of doing side-by-side comparison of directories, FTP and SFTP directories, Dropbox directories, Amazon S3 directories, and archives.[1] It is available for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux operating systems. A strength of Beyond Compare is that it can be configured as difftool and mergetool of version control systems, such as git.

Beyond Compare 4 is a data comparison utility of Scooter Software, Inc.

The programm is capable of doing

  • side-by-side file comparison with special comparison view for tables (csv, Excel) and pictures.
  • side-by-side comparison of directories, FTP and SFTP directories, Dropbox directories, Amazon S3 directories, and archives.
  • 3-way file and directory merging.

It is available for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux operating systems.

A strength of Beyond Compare is that it can be configured as difftool and mergetool of version control systems, such as git.

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beyond compare - how to ignore punctuation marks

It's as simple as the title states. I have 2 docx files I need to compare, and I want to see all the differences BUT punctuation marks (commas, periods, etc.), as there are too many of them and I'm not going to take these anyway. How can I do…
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How is Beyond Compare 4 configured for Visual Studio 2019 from the command line?

Scooter Software specifies that the following settings be manually added to Git's config file to integrate Beyond Compare 4 with Visual Studio 2019.  However, how can these settings be generated from the command line using 'git config' -or- is this…
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BeyondCompare ignore content between opening and closing tags of modified tags

I saw in another article that BeyondCompare can't ignore line breaks (or at least couldn't at the time) so I assume this is a lost cause. However, we have a few hundred files that we've replaced tags in the files (example: {my_tag}some…
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How to move all files within a folder, but not the parent folder itself?

I'm trying to move all folders from my development environment (in a /dist folder) to the root of my production environment. Currently, when I select all the files and "copy to right", it moves the files and includes the parent folder (dist). Then I…
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Is it possible to take two files open in VS Code and open them in Beyond Compare?

I have recently switched from Sublime Text to VS Code (WIN10). I prefer VS Code now, as it' so much better, but I have something I can't figure out, and it seems crazy that there isn't a solution. The VS Code Diff display is no good for actually…
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Beyond Compare text-report on all the files from given folders

my goal is to run text-report on all the files from folder A and B and get as an output html-file with all of the differences between corresponding files. The best would be, if it was just one output file. Is there a way to do it without calling…
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Compare Multiple Files in Beyond Compare

I have multiple files in a folder and essentially want all of them to be compared with 1 main file. How do I go on about in doing this as it's only limited to two files opened at once? Thanks.
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Beyond Compare 4 - Not showing the proper aliment for differences

Hi All I am comparing two text files , using beyond compare V4 and it is showing differences as below snapshot. Right file does not have CollectionCash and left file does not have CollectionsCO values. It should show blank/missing lines for values…
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BeyondCompare4 update session defaults doesn't work

I changed the encoding of my project from gbk to UTF-8, then I use beyondcompare4(Version 4.2.3) to make sure they(two folders) are only encoding differences. however,every time I open the old file in the compare left side, new in right. file in…
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BeyondCompare - How to generate compare report in command line?

I'm using BeyondCompare 4 on Linux, and my goal is to generate a compare result from command line and then use this result in python or some other scripts. I have tried to use bcompare @"script.txt" file1 file2 result.txt. Which script.txt…
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Mac OS. Is there a way to open compare directly, skip the `Launch 'bc3' [Y/n]?`

I am using the Beyond compare and set it as the git merge tool. Now I face a problem, every time I type the command line git difftool. The code below show: Viewing (1/3): 'followUpTeam.html' Launch 'bc3' [Y/n]? I am using an iMac and Beyond…
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Tool for pdf comparison with images to be integrated with test scripts

Analyzing tools for pdf comparison to compare text, images (all elements in the pdf) and that can be integrated with test scripts (for automated comparison) I looked at Beyond Compare. They have command line utility that can help to trigger the…
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Using Beyond Compare４ in MacOS with cmd for svn

I am using the Cornerstone. The version of Beyond Compare is 4.2.1 (build 22354). How to using the command line to open Beyond Compare for svn. I want to set the Beyond Compare as the diff tool for svn. Comparing Revisions in the Timeline View …
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Compare list of files using beyond compare

I'm trying to compare subset of files between two folders using beyond compare. example: folder A , and folder B. I want to compare specific files from the directories : c/d/foo.java e/f/bar.java filter won't help here since I want to choose files…
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How to check if two files are having same content using Beyond Compare java api?

I have two files to be given as an input and I am using Beyond Compare tool Java API to check whether the contents in both the files are same or not. I want to do this without opening the Beyond Compare window. Below is the code which I am using…
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