Windows utility that combines directory compare and file compare

Beyond Compare

Beyond Compare 5.0.1 Build 29877

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What's new in this version:

Notable Changes:
- General Table Compare improvements
- Fixed crash/failure when copying NTFS permissions
- macOS/Linux: Fixed crash when importing v4 settings

Archives:
- Updated unrar to v7.1.100.1230 (Windows DLL) and v7.0.9 (macOS/Linux source)
- macOS: Fixed comparing files in rar archives in file views or using the "Compare Contents" command

File Formats:
- Fixed crash when comparing Rich Text Format (.rtf) files

File Views:
- macOS/Linux: Added support for \n, \r, and \t escape sequences in regular expression replacement strings
- Fixed "File is being used by another process" error when trying to save a file that originally included only a UTF-8 byte order mark

Folder Compare:
- Windows: Fixed crash/failure when copying NTFS permissions
- macOS/Linux: Fixed Session Settings > Other Filters > Larger Than/Smaller Than filters ignoring the KB/MB/GB combobox

Misc:
- Fixed support for importing v5 State settings (e.g., MRU lists, form positions)
- macOS/Linux: Fixed crash when trying to import v4 settings
- macOS: Fixed translated versions showing checkboxes with the original English text

Table Compare:
- Added "Just current sheet" report option
- Added report headers indicating the sheet names
- Fixed "Hide Same Columns" hiding everything when loading a single-sided comparison
- Fixed crash when generating a report using "Just selection" on sheets past the first
- Fixed sheet tab captions not updating when swapping sides
- Fixed sheet tabs not recalculating their width when the caption or difference spot changes
- Fixed file info bar displaying incorrect or truncated strings
- Fixed issues with Info and Report generation for multiple sheets

Text Views:
- Fixed crash when using Find > Select All twice when the found text exists on the last line of the file