How to compare 2 pdf files using command line or any tool

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Published on 2011-11-15T08:47:57Z Indexed on 2011/11/15 9:51 UTC
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I have to compare 2 pdf files and check if they are same or different. I have tried my luck with WinMerge and Beyond compare. however they dont solve my issue. The issue is that there are 2 files which are exactly same except for the time in which they were saved. I have a piece of code that embeds the time of saving into the file. but i am not supposed to do any modifications to the code I have. Hence the above mentioned tools will say that the files dont match and There is just one difference, that is timestamp.

Can anyone suggest me a way to handle this.

Please.

Thanks

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