Home  »  Support  »  Tutorials/Power Tips  »  UltraCompare  »  Command line tips
IDM Power Tips

UltraCompare command line tips

UltraCompare may be invoked from the command line as follows:

Command Line FormatResult
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


Back to power tips index


Buy Now
Upgrade
Download

Application Screenshots

UltraCompare feature maps
Click to view UltraCompare feature maps

U3/Portable Apps

Unleash the power of the total file management solution on your flash drive!

Still not using UltraCompare Pro?

Pro vs. Lite