Text files - Comparison rule - If line present, do not report as missing

[bckoe]

Hello,

I am interested in possibly enabling a comparison rule between text files (A,B) so that a line from the first file (A) is NOT part of the reported differences, whenever such line is included (at the same position or elsewhere) in the 2nd file (B).

Example:

File A contents:
<line1>bird
<line2>parish
<line3>boston garden

File B contents:
<line1>parish
<line2>bird
<line3>staples centre

Differences:
The following lines are not reported as differences since they are included in the file B (altough at different positions):
<line1>parish
<line2>bird

The following lines are reported as different:
>>>>> <line3>boston garden vs. <line3>staples centre <<<<<

If this is doable, the aim is to then expand this type of comparison to folder level.

Thank you.
SK
BeyondCompare v.2.4.3 (build243)

[Chris]

Beyond Compare compares files in order, so if lines are in a different order it will be detected as a difference.

If your text can be sorted, BC does have a sort rule that sorts lines of text before comparison, so that might work for your example. You can get the sort rule for BC2 from: http://www.scootersoftware.com/downl...z=kb_morerules

The sort rule is included in BC3. To sort in BC3, just select "Sorted" from the file formats list.