如何比较两个二进制文件或文件集并在 Python 中显示它们之间的差异？

Question

I have two text files and want to compare them in order to write the comparison report in the seperate file, like what we get in Batch script with the command

fc /B file1.txt file2.txt > result.txt .

I tried using the filecmp.cmp('file1.txt','file2.txt') , but this is returning me the Boolean value. What is the correct method to do this?

Answer 1

Take a look at difflib. https://docs.python.org/3/library/difflib.html

It's meant for this and difflib.context_diff should be what you're looking for.