Examples of Document Comparison by Command Line
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Below are some examples to choose from. Select the example closest to what you require and modify it. If you have any trouble using these examples see:
Note: If you don't specify a particular option in the command line, the option will default to whatever was last set in the user interface.
Some examples below open DiffDoc once the compare is complete. Examples 3-6 close DiffDoc, but do create a report which is opened in the default app (e.g. Browser, Notepad, Excel).| Example | Details |
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Compare two TXT Files Show Side by Side |
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Compare two DOC Files Show All In One Create a log file |
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Compare two DOC Files Show All In One or Side by Side Create HTML File Report and give it a title Create Word File Report and give it a title Create a log file Exit when done |
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Compare two DOC Files Create Text File Report Exit when done |
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Compare two DOC Files Create and open a CSV Report Exit when done |
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Compare two DOC Files Create and open a DOC Report Exit when done |
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Compare two PDF Files with password "gonefishing" Show Side by Side Display status message after comparison |
Example 1
DiffDoc /M "d:\a\Aristotle.TXT" /S "d:\a\Socrates.TXT" /V
This command line instructs DiffDoc to:
- Compare two files "D:\A\Aristotle.TXT" to "D:\A\Socrates.TXT"
- Display them in Side By Side mode.
- Display the status of the comparison once completed (the / V switch - verbose).
Example 2
DiffDoc /M "d:\a\Aristotle.DOC" /S "d:\a\Socrates.DOC" /F1 /L D:\a\compare.LOG
This command line instructs DiffDoc to:
- Compare two files "D:\A\Aristotle.DOC" to "D:\A\Socrates.Doc"
- Display them in All In One mode (/F1).
- Create a log file D:\a\Compare.LOG with the /L switch.
Example 3
DiffDoc /M "d:\a\Aristotle.DOC" /S "d:\a\Socrates.DOC" /F1 /R1 /T "D:\a\Report.HTM" /7"Geek Philosophers" /O /L"D:\A\compare.LOG" /X
This command line instructs DiffDoc to:
- Compare two files "D:\A\Aristotle.DOC" to "D:\A\Socrates.Doc"
- Display them in the All In One mode (/F1).
- Generate an HTML report (/R1 /TD:\a\Report.htm) and a log file (/LD:\a\Compare.LOG).
- Change the title of the html report (/7 "Geek Philosophers").
- Open
the report (/O) to be viewed once the comparison is done.
Close DiffDoc once the comparison is done and the report has been opened (/X).
DiffDoc /M "d:\a\Aristotle.DOC" /S "d:\a\Socrates.DOC" /F2 /R1 /T "D:\a\Report.DOC" /7"Geek Philosophers" /O /L"D:\A\compare.LOG" /X
This variation of Example 3 instructs DiffDoc to:
- Generate the same report as above, but side by side (/F2 replaces /F1).
- Create the output report in html, but have it open in MS Word, by giving the target file a *.DOC extension.
Example 4
DiffDoc /M "d:\a\Aristotle.DOC" /S "d:\a\Socrates.DOC"/R2 /T "D:\a\Report.TXT" /O /L "D:\A\compare.LOG" /X
This command line instructs DiffDoc to:
- Compare two files "D:\A\Aristotle.DOC" to "D:\A\Socrates.Doc".
- Generate a text report (/R2 /TD:\a\Report.TXT).
- Generate a log file (/LD:\a\Compare.LOG).
- Open the report (/O) to be viewed once the comparison is done.
- Close DiffDoc once the comparison is done and the report has been opened (/X).
Example 5
DiffDoc /M "d:\a\Aristotle.DOC" /S "d:\a\Socrates.DOC" /R3 /T D:\a\Report.CSV /O /L D:\A\compare.LOG /X
This command line instructs DiffDoc to:
- Compare two files "D:\A\Aristotle.DOC" to "D:\A\Socrates.Doc.
- Generate a CSV report (/R3 /TD:\a\Report.CSV).
- Generate a log file (/LD:\a\Compare.LOG).
- Open the report (/O) to be viewed once the comparison is done.
- Close DiffDoc once the comparison is done and the report has been opened (/X).
Example 6
DiffDoc /M "d:\a\Aristotle.DOC" /S "d:\a\Socrates.DOC" /R4 /T D:\a\Report.DOC /O /L D:\A\compare.LOG /X
This command line instructs DiffDoc to:
- Compare two files "D:\A\Aristotle.DOC" to "D:\A\Socrates.Doc
- Generate a DOC report (/R4 /TD:\a\Report.DOC).
- Generate a log file (/LD:\a\Compare.LOG).
- Open the report (/O) to be viewed once the comparison is done.
- Close DiffDoc once the comparison is done and the report has been opened (/X).
Example 7
DiffDoc /M "C:\MyDocuments\FirstFile.PDF" /S "C:\MyDocuments\SecondFile.PDF" /8 gonefishing /F2 /V
This command line instructs DiffDoc to:
- Compare two PDF files in the specified manner.
- Handle PDFs with password protection (/8 password). In this case the password is gonefishing.
- Display the results in the Side By Side mode (/F2).
- Display messages showing the status of the command line (/V).
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