vim - file comparison

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File comparison with Vim

Comparing two files in Vim

Try these out and add some more pointers to this file. Never tried these out before.

Open the file side by side view: Ctrl+w v

Change between them: Ctrl+w h or l

Checkout the vimdiff command, part of the vim package, if you want a diff-like view: (from terminal) vimdiff file1.txt file2.txt

Or just open the first file in Vim. Then :vert diffsplit ./file2 (if file2 is in the same folder as file1) (or) :vert diffsplit file2

:vert makes it split the screen vertically. diffsplit does a diff, and splits the files and scrolls locks them.