{"id":1286,"date":"2016-02-16T03:20:03","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T15:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.funk.co.nz\/blog\/?p=1286"},"modified":"2019-07-25T07:32:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T19:32:57","slug":"opendiff-automator-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funk.co.nz\/blog\/technology\/things-related-to-mac-os\/opendiff-automator-service","title":{"rendered":"Compare Two Text Files Using OpenDiff macOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Right-click to open in FileMerge \/ OpenDiff<\/h2>\n<p>This Automator Service will give you a context menu in Finder, so you can compare two selected text files in <strong>opendiff<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Download macOS Service:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.funk.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Compare-in-OpenDiff-Master.zip\" rel=\"\">OpenDiff.workflow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To install this needs to either be double-clicked on (it will then disappear) or to be placed manually in:<\/p>\n<pre><strong>~\/Library\/Services<\/strong><\/pre>\n<p>To open this folder in Finder choose [shift][command][G] from the finder and paste the path above.<\/p>\n<p>This is handy to show the difference between two files, with graphical guides to show where the differences in the files exist.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2287\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: -1ex;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.funk.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/right-click-compare-with-opendiff.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funk.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/right-click-compare-with-opendiff.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.funk.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/right-click-compare-with-opendiff-416x568.jpg 416w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Right click to compare by opening in OpenDiff<\/p>\n<p><strong>Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You will need <strong>opendiff<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0to run at the Terminal Window. Install XCode or the \"command line tools\" to get this.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2292\" src=\"https:\/\/www.funk.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"554\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funk.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-9.jpg 554w, https:\/\/www.funk.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Screen-Shot-9-416x366.jpg 416w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Right-click to open in FileMerge \/ OpenDiff This Automator Service will give you a context menu in Finder, so you can compare two selected text files in opendiff. 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