---
name: "comptext"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "comptext"
version: "1.0.1-6+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/comptext"
---

# comptext(1)

GUI-based tool to compare two text streams

## NAME

comptext - GUI-based tool to compare two text streams

## DESCRIPTION

Comptext is used to compare two text streams.  Its comparison function uses a linear-programming technique.  It computes total number of errors, the  character error rate (CER) and the bit error rate (BER).

## GUI OPTIONS

- **Expected**

  Use button to select the file which contains the text stream for comparison

- **Received**

  Use button to select the second text stream file to compare

- **Compare**

  Click to perform the comparison between the two text streams. It displays the total number of errors, CER and BER