How to compare files with partially matching file names? (tools/software?)
Is there a tool/software to do this?
I use Beyond Compare and am advised that the regex features it provides might make this possible, but I've not seen a working solution yet.
Background, I'm attempting to compare files with long names on a hard disk with those written to DVD with UDF1.02, which truncates the length to comply with the length in this standard. I don't wish to use a later standard that relaxes this length.
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Is there a tool/software to do this?
I use Beyond Compare and am advised that the regex features it provides might make this possible, but I've not seen a working solution yet.
Background, I'm attempting to compare files with long names on a hard disk with those written to DVD with UDF1.02, which truncates the length to comply with the length in this standard. I don't wish to use a later standard that relaxes this length.
beyondcompare
edited Sep 29 '14 at 17:10
Der Hochstapler
67.7k49230284
asked May 3 '11 at 8:20
therobyouknowtherobyouknow
2,221134782
add a comment |
Is there a tool/software to do this?
I use Beyond Compare and am advised that the regex features it provides might make this possible, but I've not seen a working solution yet.
Background, I'm attempting to compare files with long names on a hard disk with those written to DVD with UDF1.02, which truncates the length to comply with the length in this standard. I don't wish to use a later standard that relaxes this length.
beyondcompare
edited Sep 29 '14 at 17:10
Der Hochstapler
67.7k49230284
asked May 3 '11 at 8:20
therobyouknowtherobyouknow
2,221134782
Is there a tool/software to do this?
I use Beyond Compare and am advised that the regex features it provides might make this possible, but I've not seen a working solution yet.
Background, I'm attempting to compare files with long names on a hard disk with those written to DVD with UDF1.02, which truncates the length to comply with the length in this standard. I don't wish to use a later standard that relaxes this length.
beyondcompare
beyondcompare
edited Sep 29 '14 at 17:10
Der Hochstapler
67.7k49230284
asked May 3 '11 at 8:20
therobyouknowtherobyouknow
2,221134782
edited Sep 29 '14 at 17:10
Der Hochstapler
67.7k49230284
asked May 3 '11 at 8:20
therobyouknowtherobyouknow
2,221134782
edited Sep 29 '14 at 17:10
Der Hochstapler
67.7k49230284
edited Sep 29 '14 at 17:10
Der Hochstapler
67.7k49230284
edited Sep 29 '14 at 17:10
Der Hochstapler
67.7k49230284
67.7k49230284
asked May 3 '11 at 8:20
therobyouknowtherobyouknow
2,221134782
asked May 3 '11 at 8:20
therobyouknowtherobyouknow
2,221134782
asked May 3 '11 at 8:20
therobyouknowtherobyouknow
2,221134782
2,221134782
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There are four five possible solutions:
Truncate the files to a length within UDF1.02 standard, e.g. use a script to automate this, do it intelligently, i.e. append an incrementing an index number to the file if the same filename exists from a previous truncation. Remembering to ensure that appending the index number still keeps the overall file length within the standard. This is a possible solution but I would have to be aware of files that reference other files e.g. html, the references within files would be broken if the filename is truncated.
Use a later UDF standard. Not favourite as UDF1.02 is most broadly compatible, lowest common denominator
There is a beyond compare thread that discusses use of regex within the tool but the thread has not been concluded to provide a solution that definitely works yet:
http://www.scootersoftware.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=29639Use MindGems Fast Duplicate File Finder to compare 2 folders and set the config so that one of the folders is excluded from having its duplicates automarked, this means that the other folder can have its duplicates marked (and removed) leaving just the files not in the first folder: http://www.mindgems.com/products/Fast-Duplicate-File-Finder/Fast-Duplicate-File-Finder-FAQ.htm#EXCLUDE_FOLDER_FROM_AUTOMARK
EDIT - new: Turn off unicode in UDF if only ascii needed. This doubles the available characters so truncation situations will be reduced or eliminated. unicode off is still a valid option for the UDF standard, including UDF1.02, apparently: http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=17822&st=0&p=131270&#entry131270
answered May 3 '11 at 17:59
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Go to Session -> Session Settings (select the tab Misc) and set the Alignment Override pattern according to your requirement.
left side
leftunmatchname
Right side
rightunmatchname
Example of comparing file with partially matching name:
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answered Dec 29 '18 at 11:36
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There are four five possible solutions:
Truncate the files to a length within UDF1.02 standard, e.g. use a script to automate this, do it intelligently, i.e. append an incrementing an index number to the file if the same filename exists from a previous truncation. Remembering to ensure that appending the index number still keeps the overall file length within the standard. This is a possible solution but I would have to be aware of files that reference other files e.g. html, the references within files would be broken if the filename is truncated.
Use a later UDF standard. Not favourite as UDF1.02 is most broadly compatible, lowest common denominator
There is a beyond compare thread that discusses use of regex within the tool but the thread has not been concluded to provide a solution that definitely works yet:
http://www.scootersoftware.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=29639Use MindGems Fast Duplicate File Finder to compare 2 folders and set the config so that one of the folders is excluded from having its duplicates automarked, this means that the other folder can have its duplicates marked (and removed) leaving just the files not in the first folder: http://www.mindgems.com/products/Fast-Duplicate-File-Finder/Fast-Duplicate-File-Finder-FAQ.htm#EXCLUDE_FOLDER_FROM_AUTOMARK
EDIT - new: Turn off unicode in UDF if only ascii needed. This doubles the available characters so truncation situations will be reduced or eliminated. unicode off is still a valid option for the UDF standard, including UDF1.02, apparently: http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=17822&st=0&p=131270&#entry131270
answered May 3 '11 at 17:59
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There are four five possible solutions:
Truncate the files to a length within UDF1.02 standard, e.g. use a script to automate this, do it intelligently, i.e. append an incrementing an index number to the file if the same filename exists from a previous truncation. Remembering to ensure that appending the index number still keeps the overall file length within the standard. This is a possible solution but I would have to be aware of files that reference other files e.g. html, the references within files would be broken if the filename is truncated.
Use a later UDF standard. Not favourite as UDF1.02 is most broadly compatible, lowest common denominator
There is a beyond compare thread that discusses use of regex within the tool but the thread has not been concluded to provide a solution that definitely works yet:
http://www.scootersoftware.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=29639Use MindGems Fast Duplicate File Finder to compare 2 folders and set the config so that one of the folders is excluded from having its duplicates automarked, this means that the other folder can have its duplicates marked (and removed) leaving just the files not in the first folder: http://www.mindgems.com/products/Fast-Duplicate-File-Finder/Fast-Duplicate-File-Finder-FAQ.htm#EXCLUDE_FOLDER_FROM_AUTOMARK
EDIT - new: Turn off unicode in UDF if only ascii needed. This doubles the available characters so truncation situations will be reduced or eliminated. unicode off is still a valid option for the UDF standard, including UDF1.02, apparently: http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=17822&st=0&p=131270&#entry131270
answered May 3 '11 at 17:59
therobyouknowtherobyouknow
2,221134782
add a comment |
There are four five possible solutions:
Truncate the files to a length within UDF1.02 standard, e.g. use a script to automate this, do it intelligently, i.e. append an incrementing an index number to the file if the same filename exists from a previous truncation. Remembering to ensure that appending the index number still keeps the overall file length within the standard. This is a possible solution but I would have to be aware of files that reference other files e.g. html, the references within files would be broken if the filename is truncated.
Use a later UDF standard. Not favourite as UDF1.02 is most broadly compatible, lowest common denominator
There is a beyond compare thread that discusses use of regex within the tool but the thread has not been concluded to provide a solution that definitely works yet:
http://www.scootersoftware.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=29639Use MindGems Fast Duplicate File Finder to compare 2 folders and set the config so that one of the folders is excluded from having its duplicates automarked, this means that the other folder can have its duplicates marked (and removed) leaving just the files not in the first folder: http://www.mindgems.com/products/Fast-Duplicate-File-Finder/Fast-Duplicate-File-Finder-FAQ.htm#EXCLUDE_FOLDER_FROM_AUTOMARK
EDIT - new: Turn off unicode in UDF if only ascii needed. This doubles the available characters so truncation situations will be reduced or eliminated. unicode off is still a valid option for the UDF standard, including UDF1.02, apparently: http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=17822&st=0&p=131270&#entry131270
answered May 3 '11 at 17:59
therobyouknowtherobyouknow
2,221134782
There are four five possible solutions:
Truncate the files to a length within UDF1.02 standard, e.g. use a script to automate this, do it intelligently, i.e. append an incrementing an index number to the file if the same filename exists from a previous truncation. Remembering to ensure that appending the index number still keeps the overall file length within the standard. This is a possible solution but I would have to be aware of files that reference other files e.g. html, the references within files would be broken if the filename is truncated.
Use a later UDF standard. Not favourite as UDF1.02 is most broadly compatible, lowest common denominator
There is a beyond compare thread that discusses use of regex within the tool but the thread has not been concluded to provide a solution that definitely works yet:
http://www.scootersoftware.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=29639Use MindGems Fast Duplicate File Finder to compare 2 folders and set the config so that one of the folders is excluded from having its duplicates automarked, this means that the other folder can have its duplicates marked (and removed) leaving just the files not in the first folder: http://www.mindgems.com/products/Fast-Duplicate-File-Finder/Fast-Duplicate-File-Finder-FAQ.htm#EXCLUDE_FOLDER_FROM_AUTOMARK
EDIT - new: Turn off unicode in UDF if only ascii needed. This doubles the available characters so truncation situations will be reduced or eliminated. unicode off is still a valid option for the UDF standard, including UDF1.02, apparently: http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=17822&st=0&p=131270&#entry131270
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Go to Session -> Session Settings (select the tab Misc) and set the Alignment Override pattern according to your requirement.
left side
leftunmatchname
Right side
rightunmatchname
Example of comparing file with partially matching name:
edited Dec 29 '18 at 12:01
Pierre.Vriens
1,24561218
answered Dec 29 '18 at 11:36
Anubhav JainAnubhav Jain
12
add a comment |
Go to Session -> Session Settings (select the tab Misc) and set the Alignment Override pattern according to your requirement.
left side
leftunmatchname
Right side
rightunmatchname
Example of comparing file with partially matching name:
edited Dec 29 '18 at 12:01
Pierre.Vriens
1,24561218
answered Dec 29 '18 at 11:36
Anubhav JainAnubhav Jain
12
add a comment |
Go to Session -> Session Settings (select the tab Misc) and set the Alignment Override pattern according to your requirement.
left side
leftunmatchname
Right side
rightunmatchname
Example of comparing file with partially matching name:
edited Dec 29 '18 at 12:01
Pierre.Vriens
1,24561218
answered Dec 29 '18 at 11:36
Anubhav JainAnubhav Jain
12
Go to Session -> Session Settings (select the tab Misc) and set the Alignment Override pattern according to your requirement.
left side
leftunmatchname
Right side
rightunmatchname
Example of comparing file with partially matching name:
edited Dec 29 '18 at 12:01
Pierre.Vriens
1,24561218
answered Dec 29 '18 at 11:36
Anubhav JainAnubhav Jain
12
edited Dec 29 '18 at 12:01
Pierre.Vriens
1,24561218
edited Dec 29 '18 at 12:01
Pierre.Vriens
1,24561218
edited Dec 29 '18 at 12:01
Pierre.Vriens
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1,24561218
answered Dec 29 '18 at 11:36
Anubhav JainAnubhav Jain
12
answered Dec 29 '18 at 11:36
Anubhav JainAnubhav Jain
12
answered Dec 29 '18 at 11:36
Anubhav JainAnubhav Jain
12
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