bounce 74 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I have some very long notes that I've been appending to over 7/8 years using Evernote, recently there have been some conflicts with them. I'm thinking I could export these from Evernote and use a text editor to combine them into one, then re-import them to Evernote. Does anyone know of a text editor that will combine text from 2 sources and leave out duplicate strings of text if it already exists in the file I'm combining to? An example of what to leave out would be sentences on the same line (or paragraphs) that are duplicates. Are there any best practices or tools for conflicting notes, other than manually looking for differences then cut, paste, or delete? Open to all suggestions here, please discuss. Link to comment
Level 5* jefito 5,589 Posted February 20, 2015 Level 5* Share Posted February 20, 2015 You'd be wanting some kind of diff tool (i.e. file comparison tool). There are quite a few available. Not sure which OS you are running on, but you could start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_comparison_tools. Generally, you have a window on the left for one copy and window on the right with the other copy; difference are highlighted. I use BeyondCompare on Windows, and have paid for it personally, even to use at work (we have a different tool there). Link to comment
bounce 74 Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 I'm on a Mac, but it looks like there are plenty of options. Cheers. Link to comment
Level 5* jefito 5,589 Posted February 20, 2015 Level 5* Share Posted February 20, 2015 Good luck. Link to comment
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