How to compare two text files strictly line by line?

How to compare two text files strictly line by line?

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    Aug 15, 2018#1

    I want to compare two text files in such a way that File A line X is compared with File B line X in a static way. Is this possible?

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      Aug 16, 2018#2

      So you want to compare for example FileA.txt containing

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      first line
      second line
      another line
      last line
      with FileB.txt containing

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      first line
      second line
      third line
      another line
      last line
      and get displayed that just first and second line are equal and all others are different because of third line existing only in FileB.txt. Is that right?

      I think such a strict line by line text comparison is not possible with UltraCompare. I don't know how. I even don't know how this could be done with %SystemRoot%\System32.exe\fc.exe or any other comparison tool as all take inserted lines into account as far as I know.

      I can imagine use cases on which a strict line by line comparison would be useful like FileA.txt contains

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      123
      45
      67
      890
      and FileB.txt contains

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      123
      67
      45
      890
      In this case it could be useful to get indicated that line 2 of FileA.txt is different to line 2 of FileB.txt and line 3 of FileA.txt is different to line 3 of FileB.txt whereas line 1 and 4 are equal in both files. But I don't know any comparison application which supports a strict line by line comparison for such rare use cases.
      Best regards from an UC/UE/UES for Windows user from Austria

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        Aug 16, 2018#3

        Hi Mofi,

        Thank you, that is exactly what I am asking. I am finding the current UltraCompare algorithm over complex and doing unexpected things. Thanks for your help and replies.