File comparison utility for OS X

In Dreamweaver CS6 on Mac OS X Lion, what file comparison utility should I use and what is the path to it (for the Preferences setting? I have TextWrangler installed via the App Store, but selecting that does nothing. There is supposed to be a twdiff command line program installed but it can't be found on my Mac.

delaneypub wrote:
In Dreamweaver CS6 on Mac OS X Lion, what file comparison utility should I use and what is the path to it (for the Preferences setting? I have TextWrangler installed via the App Store, but selecting that does nothing. There is supposed to be a twdiff command line program installed but it can't be found on my Mac.
What do you need it for? As I understand it, you no longer need it.
<http://www.reedolsen.com/mac-os-x-file-comparison-software-no-longer-needed/>
Please tell us what exactly you are trying to do so that a better approach can be given.
Good luck.

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It's ok to use fc command:
>fc /?
Compares two files or sets of files and displays the differences between
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> On 20 Jan 2008 in macromedia.dreamweaver, Thierry wrote:
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>> On Win I'm using "beyond compare", what are the
options for Mac?
>
> If you're a command line type, OS X should have "diff"
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A.Translator wrote:
> Joe Makowiec schreef op 14/11/2008 :
>>> Can anyone recommend a good file comparison
program?
>
>> Windows has its own built-in 'fc' utility. If you
don't like that, get a
>> copy of the GNU utilities ports for Windows[1] and
use 'diff'
>
>>
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/
>>
http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/
>
> Or WinMerge (free) from
http://winmerge.org/
> or Beyond Compare from
http://www.scootersoftware.com/
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