Hi Friends,

Is it possible to compare 2 text file USING DOS command? Please advise. The clear data is mentioned below for your reference.

content on File1:
1.zip
2.zip
3.zip
4.zip

content on File2:
1.zip
2.zip
4.zip

The output file should display the 3.zip which is not in file2 but on file1. Please help on this. Thanks.If 3 zip isn't on file 2 it won't show in the content output...no matter what you do...Hi Patio,

Thanks much foir quick reply. Is there is any possiblity to print the line which is not in file2 but which is available on file1? Please adviseCode: [Select]@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

echo 1.zip > File1
echo 2.zip >> File1
echo 3.zip >> File1
echo 4.zip >> File1
echo 5.zip >> File1
echo 6.zip >> File1
echo 7.zip >> File1
echo 8.zip >> File1
echo 9.zip >> File1
echo 10.zip >> File1

echo 1.zip > File2
echo 2.zip >> File2
REM echo 3.zip >> File2
echo 4.zip >> File2
echo 5.zip >> File2
REM echo 6.zip >> File2
echo 7.zip >> File2
echo 8.zip >> File2
echo 9.zip >> File2
echo 10.zip >> File2
echo 99.zip >> File2

for /f "delims=" %%A in (File1) do (
set found=1
For /F "delims=" %%B in (File2) do if "%%A"=="%%B" set /a found+=1
if not !found! equ 2 echo %%A is present in File1 but not in File2
)

for /f "delims=" %%A in (File2) do (
set found=1
For /F "delims=" %%B in (File1) do if "%%A"=="%%B" set /a found+=1
if not !found! equ 2 echo %%A is present in File2 but not in File1
)

Code: [Select]3.zip is present in File1 but not in File2
6.zip is present in File1 but not in File2
99.zip is present in File2 but not in File1Fixed a possible bug if a line is present more than once in one of the files

Code: [Select]@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

echo 1.zip > File1
echo 2.zip >> File1
echo 3.zip >> File1
echo 4.zip >> File1
echo 5.zip >> File1
echo 6.zip >> File1
echo 7.zip >> File1
echo 8.zip >> File1
echo 9.zip >> File1
echo 10.zip >> File1

echo 1.zip > File2
echo 2.zip >> File2
REM echo 3.zip >> File2
echo 4.zip >> File2
echo 5.zip >> File2
REM echo 6.zip >> File2
echo 7.zip >> File2
echo 8.zip >> File2
echo 9.zip >> File2
echo 10.zip >> File2
echo 99.zip >> File2

for /f "delims=" %%A in (File1) do (
set found=1
For /F "delims=" %%B in (File2) do if "%%A"=="%%B" set /a found+=1
if !found! equ 1 echo %%A is present in File1 but not in File2
)

for /f "delims=" %%A in (File2) do (
set found=1
For /F "delims=" %%B in (File1) do if "%%A"=="%%B" set /a found+=1
if !found! equ 1 echo %%A is present in File2 but not in File1
)

Code: [Select]3.zip is present in File1 but not in File2
6.zip is present in File1 but not in File2
99.zip is present in File2 but not in File1of course, a batch script is just about the slowest way to do this sort of THING, especially if the file sizes are larger than just a few lines. I tried the script above on two 10,000 line files and the time was 15 minutes for each compare. With VBScript it was down to 2 minutes.
fc file1 file2

OR output to file

fc file1 file2 > diffs.txt

Why doesn't this work for you?



Quote from: sandy1000 on June 23, 2011, 10:19:51 AM

fc file1 file2