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   - Highlight text, right click -> "Mark selection for comparison"
    - Mark a second selection, then right click -> "Compare selections"
   - Create two selections by holding CTRL, then "Compare selections"
-  - From the command line:
-   - Windows:   ```subl --command "sbs_compare_files {\"A\":\"file1\", \"B\":\"file2\"}"```
-   - Linux/OSX: ```subl --command 'sbs_compare_files {"A":"file1", "B":"file2"}'```
+  - From the command line ([see README_COMMANDS.md](README_COMMANDS.md))
   
 Configuration
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+# Command Line Usage
+
+### Windows
+```subl --command "sbs_compare_files {\"A\":\"file1\", \"B\":\"file2\"}"```  
+Requires additional escaping of backslashes in file paths.
+
+**compare.bat**  
+_Usage: compare.bat file1.txt file2.txt_
+```
+set file1=%~1
+set file1=%file1:\=\\%
+set file2=%~2
+set file2=%file2:\=\\%
+subl --command "sbs_compare_files {\"A\":\"%file1%\", \"B\":\"%file2%\"}"
+```
+
+---
+
+### Linux/OSX
+```subl --command 'sbs_compare_files {"A":"file1", "B":"file2"}'```  
+Untested on OSX, but should be the same as Linux.
+
+**compare.sh**  
+_Usage: compare.sh file1.txt file2.txt_
+```
+#!/bin/sh
+eval subl3 --command \'sbs_compare_files {\"A\":\"$1\", \"B\":\"$2\"}\'
+```
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