The following article will guide you in detail How to compare documents, compare files, compare folders with WinMerge. Step 1: On the card File -> Open or press Ctrl + O:Ĭompare documents, compare files with WinMergeĭata file comparison feature helps you check the similarity and difference of each word and word between two data files. Left: Click Browse -> Select the path to the first file to be compared Step 2: The Select file or Folder window appears in the section: Right: Click Browse -> Select the path to the second file to be compared

Step 3: Click OK, the content of the 2 files will be displayed visually for you to directly compare.

The text in yellow in the two data files indicates the difference between the two files:Īlso you can see the Location Pane section is a general picture of the differences between the 2 files in which parts. In addition to direct comparison, you can use the 2 directory comparisonĭoing the same thing as comparing 2 data files, click Browse and select the folder to compare:įor example, here choose 2 folders with the same name but located in 2 different drives, where the folder containing the sub-folder ticks the Include Sub Folders section:Ĭlick OK, the software will automatically compare two folders:Īfter the comparison, the differences between the 2 directories are displayed: The example where is different at the beginning and the end of the 2 files:ĭepending on the data comparison you choose which files should be saved and which files are deleted. > the data file is only in the directory in the Left path + Comparision result = Text files are identical -> the same text content + Comparision result = Binary files are different -> content of 2 files completely different + Comparision result = Binary files are identical -> the content of 2 files is exactly the same In the comparison results section: Comparision result displays the comparison results of each file in the directory: #Winmerge compare software#

The results of all files being compared are displayed as a directory tree: In addition, if the individual display of each file like this you will be difficult to control -> click the View tab -> Tree Mode to display according to the type of folder you can easily compare and observe: + Comparision result = Right Only -> the data file is only in the directory in the Right path.

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