Is there a diff tool that allows you to paste two segments of text and get a diff? I can't use an online tool because I'm dealing with proprietary data, and I haven't found a tool that provides that feature.
Try WinMerge. It'll do that.
Steps:
Download and install winmerge
Open WinMerge & Create new <CTRL+N>
Paste into left & right, then refresh <F5>
In case anyone comes here looking for a tool for Macs that can do this, it seems that there are two tools that can do just this.
Beyond Compare, the Mac version is currently in beta.
Kaleidoscope app
Copy first text
File -> New from Clipboard
Copy second text
Edit -> Paste to comparison
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be possible to change the texts once they've been pasted.
There is also a similar (closed) question (the question itself was for a Mac tool, but at least one answer has an alternative diff tool for Windows):
Diff tool for Mac without saving text to files
For those who use Atom, there’s the split-diff package.
KDiff3 can do that too. On startup just Cancel the open dialog and than copy&paste snippets into the two panes. It immediately (re)computes their diff.
Notepad++ makes it really easy to do that: paste first text, open new tab, paste second text then Plugin > Compare > Compare.
Make sure you have the compare plugin installed.
Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/15817384/965176
I think this might be what you're looking for - Line Diff - it's a online tool that takes as input two snippets of code/text, diff them and then render a nice github like html page (permanent or temporary stored) that you can then share with coworkers.
I used BBEdit (Mac OS X):
paste your snippets into 2 separate new documents (without saving)
go to search → find differences
using the clock icon, pick your new documents
The app has a subscription model, but this doesn't seem to be a premium feature.
You can try online tools
it's good
https://www.diffchecker.com/
Or you can try KDIFF3 its also a good tool
http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net/
also you can try online diff tool , maybe it's useful to you.
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I am exploring vscode after using atom for a long while. One of the things I'm missing is an equivalent of the lovely package advanced-open-file. Is there something similar to this in vscode?
I found the advanced-new-file extension, but it is only helpful when it comes to new files. I would like to be able to quickly open files from all over my local files (not only the workspace).
Edit: I found the option of workbench.action.quickOpen; but it doesn't allow opening files from the whole file system.
Sorry, but currently the answer is no. The problem is that input box doesn't provide a way to listen to key events:
GitHub issue,
so even the extensions can't do that currently. Here's the comment from advanced-new-file extension creator:
Because VSCode extensions don't yet have the ability to do type-ahead autocomplete within the text input box (See https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/426), we work around this limitation and provide autocomplete using a two-step workflow of selecting existing path, then providing new filename/path relative to the selection.
The good news is that there is a new API addressing this issue, but it's currently in 'proposed' state and can't be used for published extensions.
One workaround could be typing code -r some/path in integrated terminal and using 'tab' for autocomplete.
The Fuzzy search extension seems to work for me.
It adds a new action to the command palette which allows you to search for files in the current project and open them.
I am using Visual studio code for angular2 application. The requirement is to merge files, so, I want to differentiate changes in two files as it happens in Netbeans IDE. Is there, any extensions available to achieve the task in visual studio code.
For e.g - Merging Two files by differentiating changes like below:-
Please suggest some solution.
abc.component.ts (located in project1)
abc <-- text for understanding purpose
def
abc.component.ts ( located in project2)
abc
I want to differentiate two component files and push changes in another like it happens in Netbeans IDE? Is there, any solution available for Visual studio code?
First using vscode natively with the git toolset
(Make sure to look on the second title as it's a better native way!)
This way may be available on older version of vscode too! Still a good thing to know! (even we should always run on the latest version! And vscode is always keeping getting better and better).
A native powerful and cool way is to use the git toolset within vscode! It still not the most fluid way! But if you are in a setup where you don't have anything else or time or resources to use anything else! Also as a requirement you need to have a git repo initiated! Here we go:
First we will use the change and diffing capability of the git tool set. And the steps go as bellow:
Commit all the current changes
once done: copy past the other file to diff on the place of the current one. And save.
Cool now in the git pallet you can see the file in changes list! Click on it and the diffing editor will show!
Bingo this is it! You can compare and make direct changment! The diffing will keep happening in real time. Note the current state is in the right. And you make changement there.
Here an illustration of direct modification for instance the part in the left is missing from the current file
And here another illustration (current have in plus)
Well to sum up! Git tool and diffing in vscode is so powerful! And all that one need! The only problem is the extra step of committing and cleaning after if desired!
Here some tips! If you want to have the commit history cleaner! Or not have a merge separate! You can remove the last commits from history as much as you need: Without hard reset and commit again a cleaner one!
git reset --soft HEAD~1
You can check
How to cancel a local git commit
Otherwise it can be ok with atomic commit and merge mention!
Also if what you need is to be able to keep a lot from the current file! You can copy the current elsewhere! past the other file to compare! commit ! and then past again the old one! You'll have the old in the right and as current (Not as described on the above) In such a scenario this work well! (Hacky a bit but you may need it).
Native way (direct open of the compare editor)
(May require the newer version of vscode)
open a file that you gonna compare
open the command pallet
CTRL + SHIFT + P
type file: compare
You can see the different possible ways! For a file we can choose compare active file with.
Then you choose the file! The file need to be within the project directory.
And then you choose a file and the compare editor will open
The above was tested on my brother computer on a new vscode installation. I wasn't sure at first if it was part of the core! And i just confirmed that it is. That too remove the need to the method above involving git! And it's the best native way to go with.
Vscode extensions
Here two extensions i suggest the first:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jinsihou.diff-tool
Easy and simple! It add two elements to the right click menu:
In current file right click -> Select as first file for diff, select one again to view the diff results
select to compare and compare with select no more simple then that !
Another extension to check:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=fabiospampinato.vscode-diff
I prefer the first! As this one compare a lot to the native way. And having the control in the contextual menu is just great.
Out of vscode! Using other tools
A quick google search and you'll find a lot of tools!
https://meldmerge.org/
meld merge is cross platform and open source and nice!
in linux and debian:
sudo apt install meld
Otherwise you can check the long list here:
https://www.jotform.com/blog/25-useful-document-and-file-comparison-tools/
https://stackify.com/code-merge-tools/
There is too winMerge to mention (an open source project for windows)
https://winmerge.org/
does anybody know how to open programmatically (not manually) the compare merge editor simply passing two file names? Lot of search everywhere but haven't found anything.
Thanks for any help
If you only need a compare/merge editor I suggest Winmerge or P4Merge, both are free and you can call them from command line.
I'm trying to compare 2 large text files around 500MB each, I've tried to use Notepad++, Textpad, VIM etc and couldn't get them to even open the text file. Either that, or the editors that DO work don't have the compare feature.
I need to see what changes are made in those 2 text files, that's why I need to compare them. Does anyone have any suggestions?
diff file1 file2
Are the files supposed to be very similar? Use a diff program instead of an editor; since they specialize in showing the differences, they are often more capable of handling large files.
The page at http://drupal.org/node/324 has a list of diff programs for Windows. If you are using Unix or Linux, you probably already have diff installed.
If you need an editor, I know that Emacs can be configured for files as large as this, but I haven't tried it myself. More info at http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsFileSizeLimit
Winmerge at http://winmerge.org/
exactly what you want.
Using UNIX/LINUX diff file1 file2 is not practical with large text files.I spent some time looking into solutions today and i wanted to share my finding with you. There is Open Source Project Meld http://meldmerge.org/. It is available on OS X, Linux and Windows platform as well.
If you prefer using notepad++ there is plugin available to download:
Open notepad++ -> Plugins -> Plugin Manager -> Show Plugin Manager -> Find plugin named "Compare".
JujuEdit opens large file and it does not load them into memory. It does not compare features.
I opened a file 1G byte in 2 seconds or less.
It has binary mode.
I have a partially corrupted MS-Word file which I'd like to inspect in the byte-level.
HexEdit is pretty nice (allows you to edit files too)
What you need is a hex editor. Some text editors can run in this mode. I always used PSPadfor this
As always there's emacs, hexl-mode allows you to view and edit hex-files.
I like the freeware hex editor xvi32 for this kind of task.
I'm sure there are many, but Ultraedit does this.
If you have Visual Studio installed, you can add the .dat extension to the file and open it in Visual Studio to get a hex/ASCII display.
010 Editor is nice for looking at files that follow some template, it'll try to turn the raw data into meaningful labeled values for you.
Take a gander at BeyondCompare for file comparisons; version 3 has comparisons for Word files as well. You'd be surprised at how often you'll use it once you have it.