Compares two files together. If not the same, it writes the difference in error.txt. It disregards position of data within rows. For example in file1.txt, if row data 'ABC' exists in Row 10, but also exists in file2.txt but in Row 20, it will not report it as different. However, if file1.txt ABC is not found in file2.txt, it will report it.

DiffTool-IgnoreRowPositioning.py

'''
This program is free software. 
It comes without any warranty, to the extent permitted by applicable law. 
You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the WTFPL Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar.
See wikipedia.org/wiki/WTFPL for more details.

Created on 2014-25-11

@author: Aries McRae
'''

import os, csv

folder1 = './folder1/'
folder2 = './folder2/'


def getFilename(folder, prefix):
    filename = ''
    
    for file in os.listdir(folder):
        if file.startswith(prefix):
            filename = folder + file
            break
        #if
    #for 
    
    return filename
#def



folderDict = {}

csvReader = csv.reader( open('./files.properties'))



for row in csvReader:
    for value in row:
        folder1Filename = getFilename(folder1, value)
        folder2Filename = getFilename(folder2, value)
        
        folderDict[folder1Filename] = folder2Filename
    #for
#for



def compare(filename1, filename2):
    for row in open(filename1).readlines():
        if row not in open(filename2).read():
            writeToFile(row + ' not in ' + filename2)
        #
    #for
#def



def writeToFile(data) :
    with open('./error.txt', 'a') as output:
        output.write(data + '\n')
    #endWith
#endDef 



for key, value in folderDict.items():
    compare(key, value)
#