Windows 10: How to compare text files to create a new file?

One notepad file was installed on multiple computers.
When each computer was used the notepad file was updated.
Text was added, removed, or modified over time to each of the files.
The files are very different now for the same file name.

What software is available that could compare the text and create one updated file for all of the computers?

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Looking for a program which grabs folders\files and converts it into text

Karen's Directory Printer

Directory List & Print by Infonautics GmbH Switzerland (Free and Pro Version)

Print or Create a Text File List of the Contents in a Directory the Easy Way

 

Compare a text file containing file names with files in a folder


Hi, can only think you'd need to create a simple script.

First create a file containing a textual representation of just the file names in the folder.
(That's one line using a DIR command, for example).

Then use e.g.
https://www.diffchecker.com/

Just an idea..

There are many option for comparing text files:
How To Compare Two Text Files Using Notepad++
Text Compare! - An online diff tool that can find the difference between two texts
WinMerge - You will see the difference…


That might work if the two files contain ordered lists, one item per line.

If the files are for some reason radically different in format and layout, you would need to create your own search and compare script.

 

Batch Files Knowledge Base

Don't use batch files very much but one I find useful is for creating a list of files in a directory.
Just copy the text below into Notepad and save as Filelist.bat

dir /a /-p /o:gen >filelist.txt

When you run it from a folder it will create a Filelist.txt file,in the same folder, that lists all the files in that folder.Useful when you are too lazy to type all the files out yourself.