
You can even display just the files that are present in both directories with -ExludeDifferent or show all files using -IncludeEqual. If you don't want the nice grid view, specify -Passthru and you'll get a nice list of objects containing the name and an OnlyIn property. You can do that non-recursively and/or only for some types of files: Compare-Directories 'somepath' 'otherpath' *.pdf Will display a grid containing the names of files present in one directory but not in the other (and vice versa). In a nutshell: Compare-Directories 'somepath''otherpath' -Recurse Features in Total Commander 8. Not as succinct as I like, but still quite short and quite powerful. I'm a little bit shocked that Total Commanders folder compare ability wasn't mentioned so far. If (!(Test-Path -PathType Container $Path1)) # Exclude files NOT present in both folders # Just pass the objects, otherwise Out-GridView them Powered by ExamDiff Pro, the most powerful desktop file comparison tool. Having blogged about Compare-Object and having written MOBZync years ago and considering my newfound love of PowerShell, I thought it was about time to write Compare-Directories.ps1. Upload files, provide URLs, and paste clipboard contents to compare content online. Using constants for table and column names.Using a FileSystemWatcher from PowerShell.Comparing folder security using PowerShell.Using the Open-dialog is just one of them. WinMerge allows selecting/opening paths in several ways. When you launch a file compare operation on binary files, WinMerge opens each file in the binary file editor.

You can easily move around these comparisons to find changes that youre interested in. The main parts of a folder comparison are the trees showing the folders youre comparing. You can start a new folder comparison by selecting the File New. WinMerge can detect whether files are in text or binary format. Meld lets you compare two or three folders side-by-side.


Table compare shows the contents of CSV/TSV files in table format. WinMerge can compare images and highlight the differences in several ways. The tree view is available only in recursive compares. This is useful for an easier navigation in deeply nested directory structures. In the tree view, folders are expandable and collapsible, containing files and subfolders.

Folder compare view can be versatile customised. Folder compare allows synchronising folders by copying and deleting files and subfolders. Folder Comparison Resultsįolder compare shows all files and subfolders found from compared folders as list. The 3-way file compare even allows comparing and editing three files at the same time. Editing allows user to easily do small changes without need to open files to other editor or development environment. File compare window is basically two files opened to editor into two horizontal panes.
