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ExamDiff is a freeware graphical computer application, for Microsoft Windows, that helps the user to compare two different text files.

Features

File Comparison

ExamDiff features a two-pane split view showing compared files with color-coded differences:

• One color (default: maroon text on a silver background) shows added lines, that is, lines that appear in the second file but not in the first.
• Another color (default: blue text on a light gray background) shows deleted lines, that is, lines that appear in the first file but not in the second.
• A final color (default: black text on a light yellow background) shows changed lines, that is, lines that appear in both files, but whose contents are different.

Lines that are the same in both files appear as white text on a black background.

Other Features

Other ExamDiff features include the following:

• Remembers a user specified number of last compared first and second files.
• Toggles between the first and second files.
• Automatically detects file changes and prompts the user to re-compare files.
• Drag and drop support for dropping files into the program's window from Windows Explorer.
• ExamDiff will spawn any editor (configurable by the user) with the first or second file, and line number option (available for editors that support this, through ExamDiff variables: $FILE (first or second file name), $CURDIFF (number of line at which the current difference starts), and $CARET (number of line where the caret is located)).
• Saves the file differences in a standard Unix diff file.
• Multiple customization options.

Command Line Options

ExamDiff can also be launched from the command line. It's usage is ExamDiff , with Filename1 and Filename2 the names of the two files being compared, and Options being any additional options:

• /i - ignore case
• /w - ignore all white space in lines
• /b - ignore changes in amount of white space in lines
• /l - ignore leading white space in lines
• /e - ignore trailing white space in lines
• /t - treat both files as text files
• /d - show differences only
• /n - don't show initial "Compare Files" dialog
• /aN - scroll trough all differences with N second delay and exit after the last difference
• /? or /h - print this screen

Latest Release

The latest release version of ExamDiff is version 1.6k, which adds support for using a wheel mouse, a Windows XP look, and an option to change margin size.

The complete list of ExamDiff version changes can be found here.

External links

• List of features
• ExamDiff can be downloaded here.

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