Automatic reporting

Question

I need a diff tool that has a command line parameter to create and save a difference report that is easy to read, something like an html report created by WinMerge. I have several hundred files that I need to compare, and it is impractical to open the files manually and save the report.

Answer 1

I found a tool that does just that: http://sourceforge.net/projects/diff2html

This is a bash script that uses diff (1) and creates an HTML page with color-coded output.

Answer 2

Have you looked at the command line option in WinMerge? http://manual.winmerge.org/Command_line.html

You may need to use something like AutoHotkey to automate saving reports created by WinMerge: http://www.autohotkey.com/