Re: to vimdiff twofile, except of...

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 9:47 AM, <meino.cramer@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I often have to compare two files with nearly identical
> contents.

If you are unable to install additional comparison utilities and still
need to compare files in a detailed fashion, there are a few
possibilities.

1. Open a CMD.EXE window, use the "fc" command. Works best on ascii files.

In the example below, "7" is deleted from file two, and 11 is added to it.

fc /l /n one two

Comparing files one and TWO
***** one
6: 6
7: 7
8: 8
***** TWO
6: 6
7: 8
*****

***** one
***** TWO
10: 11
*****

2. Although we'd rather use VIM and open source tools, on the subject
Windows machine where no additional software can be installed,
Microsoft Word is able to compare files and show differences at the
character level, if that is installed. Look for "Compare Documents"
in online Help.

Hopefully, you'll be able to install open source tools at some point.
If possible, Cygwin and PuttyCYG is a great combination.

========Keith

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