Compare Files

This pre-built action, located under the @Generic Element, instructs Avo Assure to compare the contents of two specified files (e.g., .txt, .xml, .json). It calculates the number of differences between the files and stores the result in a dynamic variable.

Syntax

Input Value: <Filepath-Original File>;<Filepath - File to Compare>;<Selective/All(Optional)>

Note: By default, the final argument in the above syntax is all and will store all file’s content in the dynamic variable and if final argument is written as Selective then dynamic variable will display selective data of file.

Argument	Description
<Filepath-Original File> (Required)	Provide file path to the original file which you want to compare against
<Filepath - File to Compare> (Required)	Provide file path that needs to be compared with the original.
<Selective/All(Optional)> (Optional)	Selective/All if provided: • Selective → compares only specific parts • All → compares the entire content of both files

Output Value:

Argument	Description
<Dynamic Variable> (Required)	This variable holds the result of the content comparison.
<Dynamic Variable> (Optional)	This variable stores the status as true or false

Example 1

Compare two files and identify differences The Compare Files action takes the value from the Input Value column (e.g., C:\Files\BaseFile.txt;C:\Files\UpdatedFile.txt;All) and compares the original file with the file to be compared. The result of the comparison is stored in the {Comparison} variable, and the action status is saved in the {Status} variable with the following possible values:

• True –if the files are compared successfully

• False – if the files are not compared

Example 2

Performs comparison between two files to identify differences in content The Compare Files action takes the value from the Input Value column (e.g., C:\Files\original.txt;C:\Files\updated.txt;Selective) and compares the content of the specified files. When the comparison type is set to Selective, only selected parts of the files (e.g., specific lines or paragraph) are compared. The result of the file comparison is stored in the {Comparison} variable, while the execution status is stored in the {Status} variable, with the following possible values:

• True – if the files match based on the selected comparison mode.

• False – if any differences are found or an error occurs.