Start compare at position > 0

[mschwehl]

it would be great to make winmerge to compare not at position 0 but e.g. position > 0

FILE A FILE B
2020 xxx 2021 xxx
2020 yyy 2021 zzz
2020 uuu 2021 uuu

by start compare at position 5 you find the second line as different.
More general, starting at second token will also find the second line

[sdottaka]

The IgnoreColumns prediffer plugin can be used to ignore specified column ranges for comparison, as shown below.

[IgnoreColumns prediffer plugin]

As shown below, SelectColumns unpacker plugin can be used to extract and compare only a range of selected columns without affecting the original files.

[SelectColumns unpacked plugin]