On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 09:15:40AM -0600, Mike Hord wrote:
> Does anyone know a good free file compare utility for ASCII files?

Diff.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diff

> The feature that I really need is a specifiable comment character-
> i.e., "lines that start with ' should be excluded from comparison
> until a new line is reached".

Grep.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grep

Both tools available in any reputable Linux distribution.  On Windows, use
cygwin.  Also check out http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/

Take care,
-Chris

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