Tool for comparing a single line of text

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Published on 2010-05-25T21:08:04Z Indexed on 2010/05/25 21:11 UTC
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Is there a tool for comparing two lines of text?

All the tools I have compare on a line level, when I really need a character level diff in the line.

Windows or *nix, GUI or command line, I don't care.

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