UltraCompare command line tips
UltraCompare may be invoked from the command line as follows:
| Command Line Format | Result |
|---|---|
| uc -t -o "c:\temp\test.txt" "c:\temp\test1.txt" "c:\temp\output.txt" | Displays Text Compare of specified files and creates result output file "output.txt" |
| uc -t -a -o "c:\temp\test.txt" "c:\temp\test1.txt""c:\temp\output.txt" | Displays Text Compare of specified files with "Show All" differences set and creates result output file "output.txt" |
| uc -t -m -o "c:\temp\test.txt" "c:\temp\test1.txt" "c:\temp\output.txt" | Displays Text Compare of specified files with "Show Matching" differences set and creates result output file "output.txt" |
| uc -t -ne -o "c:\temp\test.txt" "c:\temp\test1.txt" "c:\temp\output.txt" | Displays Text Compare of specified files with "Show Differences" set and creates result output file "output.txt" |
| uc -t -i "c:\temp\test.txt" "c:\temp\test1.txt" | Displays Text Compare of specified files and ignores case of compared text |
| uc -t -b "c:\temp\test.txt" "c:\temp\test1.txt" | Displays Text Compare of specified files and ignores spaces in compared text |
| uc -t -B "c:\temp\test.txt" "c:\temp\test1.txt" | Displays Text Compare of specified files and ignores blank lines in compared text |
| uc -p "c:\temp\test.txt" "c:\temp\test1.txt" | Displays Fast Binary Compare of specified files |
| uc -x "c:\temp\test.txt" "c:\temp\test1.txt" | Displays Smart Binary Compare of specified files |
| uc -3 -o -lt "c:\temp\test1.txt" "c:\temp\test2.txt" "c:\temp\test3.txt" "c:\temp\output.txt" | Displays 3-way Text Compare and ignores line terminators of specified files and creates result output file "output.txt" |
| uc -rom "c:\temp\test1.txt" "c:\temp\test2.txt" "c:\temp\output.txt" | Compares and merges files into a separate file without altering the source files |
| uc -qc "c:\temp\test1.txt" "c:\temp\test2.txt" | Quickly compares files and returns either "Same" or "Different" within the Command Prompt |
| uc -d "c:\temp\test\" "c:\temp\test1\" | Displays Folder Compare of specified directories |
| uc -d -r "c:\temp\test\" "c:\temp\test1\" | Displays Recursive Folder Compare of specified directories |
| uc -d -ft "c:\temp\test\" "c:\temp\test1\" | Displays Folder Compare of specified directories and forces text compare of all files in these directories |
| uc -d -ft "c:\temp\test\" "c:\temp\test1\" | Displays Folder Compare of specified directories and forces text compare of all files in these directories |
| uc -w -fb "c:\temp\test\" "c:\temp\test1\" "c:\temp\test2\" | Displays 3-way Folder Compare of specified directories and forces binary compare of all files in these directories |








