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Chapter 6 / Command Reference
Fe
(File Comparison)
rQl Fe
[lA] [lB] [Ie] [lL] [lLBn] [IN] [IT] [lW]
~
[lnumber] pathnamel pathname2
o
[> target pathname]
Compares the contents of two files or sets of files.
Parameters
pathnamel and pathname2 specify the files to compare.
IA abbreviates the output of an ASCII comparison. Normally, FC
displays only the matching lines that precede and follow each set
of differences. It uses an ellipsis (. ..) to represent the intermedi-
ate (non-matching) lines. (See "Notes and Suggestions," below,
for more information on how FC reports differences.)
IB forces a binary comparison of the files. FC compares the two
files byte-by-byte, and makes no attempt to resynchronize after
a mismatch. It displays mismatches in the following format:
xxxxxxxx
yy
zz
where
xxxxxxxx
is the relative address of the pair of bytes (from
the beginning of the file). Addresses start at 00000000.
yy
and
z z
are the mismatched bytes from pathnamel and pathname2,
respectively. If one file contains less data than the other, Fe dis-
plays a message, telling you which is longer.
IB is the default when you compare .exe, .com, :sys, .obj, .lib, or
.bin files.
IC
causes the matching process to ignore the case of letters,
interpreting them as all uppercase. For exmaple:
Much MORE data IS NOT FOUND
matches:
much more data
15
not found.
Use
IC
in source file comparisons only.
IL compares the files in ASCII mode. This is the default when
you compare files that do not have the .exe, .com, .sys, .obj, .lib,
or .bin extension.
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