![]() #Compare folders and contents windows 10 how toThis post from MiniTool Partition Wizard shows you how to compare folders Windows 10. The Differences.txt file will list, like a sandwich, the two files that each folder shares, and between those two files, all of the files that are different, in alphabetical order.After synchronizing directories or backing up data, you may want to compare the content in 2 folders. The Differences.txt file should say something like: This is shown by listing all of the parts of the folders where differences lie, and showing all the files that exist in one folder, and the gap where they would be alphabetically in the other folder.įor example, say FolderA has File1, File2, File3, and File4 and FolderB only has File1, File3, and File4. If we open Differences.txt, assuming there were in fact differences between FolderAcontents.txt and FolderBcontents.txt, we’ll see a summary of which files exist in FolderA that don’t in FolderB, and vice versa. We used the redirect operator (‘>’) to put the results in a file called Differences.txt. The “fc” command takes in our two files, and lists the differences between the two files. To create a file that summarizes the differences between our two text files, type the command:įc FolderAcontents.txt FolderBcontents.txt > Differences.txt.We’ll now look at how to compare these two text files. We now have two text files that each list the files within their respective targeted folders: FolderAcontents.txt lists FolderA’s files, and FolderBcontents.txt lists FolderB’s files. To create the file that lists FolderB’s contents, type:.Let’s generate a file that lists FolderB’s contents now. NOTE: To see other options that the dir command can use, use the command “dir /?”. If the indicated file the results are being redirected to does not exist, cmd will create it. NOTE: FolderAcontents.txt did not need to exist prior to running the command. ![]() We used the ‘/b’ option, the folder name (FolderA), and the redirect to a file syntax, all in the same command. The command “dir > filename” puts the results of running the dir command in a text file, instead of inside the cmd window. The command “dir /b” uses the ‘/b’ option which lists the file and folder names, without the additional information such as date, time, and file size. The command “dir FolderA” lists the contents of FolderA, without first changing directory (cd command) to that folder. This time, we are adding a few more options to the dir command. We used the dir command in the last step in order to simply list all of the files in the current directory.
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