File comparison and merge tool

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File comparison and merge tool

could you please tell me a nice (free if possible!) file comparison tool for the mac.
I currently use Beyond Compare ( http://www.scootersoftware.com/) or WinMerge ( http://winmerge.org/) on XP

thanks in advance

Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Feb 8, 2007 6:23 PM

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Answer 1

neutron

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Feb 8, 2007 7:58 PM in response to vijendra@gmail.com

You could get out your original DVD that came with your computer and install the developer tools that Apple provides.

Once installed, you can open /Developer/Applications/Utilities/FileCompare.app

This is free and useful.

If you cant find your original DVD you can get if from developer.apple.com

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Answer 2

Feb 8, 2007 9:39 PM in response to vijendra@gmail.com

From the command line, vimdiff, diff, diff -r and patch. But mainly vimdiff, especially if you download the latest version from http://macvim.org/

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