File comparison utility
Beyond Compare

Beyond Compare is a file comparison utility. It displays two selected folders side by side and lets you view folder information a number of ways through filters.

You can view all files, matching files, mismatched files, and so on, with differences color-coded so that you can spot them easily.

You can synchronize, copy and move files from one folder to the other with ease, rename and delete files, and even apply time zone settings to one folder or another.

Text files can be compared using the built-in side-by-side file viewer, which also uses color coding to highlight differences. Other features include fast comparison of binary files, print support, Clipboard support, and optional automatic backup.

File and directory Comparison

• Display
• Compare folders side-by-side
• Explorer-like interface
• Expandable subfolders
• Color highlighting of differences
• Several display filters:
  - Show all, Just mismatches, Just matches,
  - Two-sided, Two-sided mismatches,
  - Orphans, Older, Newer
• Sort by Name, Type, Date Modified, Size
• Configurable toolbar, display
• Comparison Criteria
• Date modified:
  - Allows for differences in timezone
  - Can ignore FAT 2 second rounding
  - Deals with Daylight Savings problem on networks
• File size
• Attributes
• Binary content comparison
• Text-based content comparison

Built-in File Viewer

• Comparison Criteria
• Can ignore minor differences:
  - Case, Whitespace, Comments
• Handles multiple line termination styles
• Can ignore certain columns
• "Sync-it-yourself" manual sync override
• Editing Functions
• Copy, Delete, or Insert lines
• Edit individual lines

Other Features

• Output Options
• Directory Comparison report
• File Differences report
• Output to printer, file or clipboard
• Color printing supported
  

Further details about Beyond Compare's file comparison features and capabilities are available from http://www.scootersoftware.com/moreinfo.html