Ubuntu file comparison tool - Bcompare

Beyond Compare for ubuntu

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There are some command line tool for compare two files. But i need a gnome application. The command line tools are.

For fcomp you need to install fhist.

apt-get install fhist

Then i tried meld . This is a Gnome based file comparison tool for ubuntu. you can install this using ubuntu software center. This is an opensource one. But its not working as expected [ May be i am not know the power of meld  ]. I just tried some files.

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When i was a windows user :) [till using windows in my office] i used beyond compare. That is too good for file compare and merge. Now i searched that software for ubuntu. Yes they provide software for Linux too..

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I installed beyond compare in ubuntu 10.04.

steps:

Here some screen shots:

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After installing you can open bcompare from Application --> Programming --> Beyond Compare

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For file comparison you can Right click in a file and choose scripts --> Select for compare

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Now the File difference

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Update:

The winmerge is the best windows Bcompare alternative. For more info http://winmerge.org/ . This is a freeware and opensource. But its only available for windows not for linux :(

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