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Chapter 6 / Command Reference
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(File Comparison)
External
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[Ie] [lW]
pathnamel
: pathname2 [>target pathname]
Compares the contents of two files, pathnamel and pathname2,
and sends the output to the screen or to the file specified by tar-
get pathname.
Parameters
number specifies the number of lines that must match for the
file to be considered as matching again after FC finds a differ-
ence. It can be from 1 through 9. If you don't specify a number,
it defaults to 3. Use this parameter only in source comparisons.
IB forces a binary comparison of both files. The two files are
compared byte-by-byte, with no attempt to resynchronize after a
mismatch. FC displays the 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 of pathnamel and pathname2,
respectively. If one file contains less data than the other, FC dis-
plays a message to that effect.
For example, if pathnamel ends before pathname2 ends, then FC
displays:
***Data left In pathname2***
IC
causes FC to ignore the case of letters. All letters in the files
are considered uppercase letters. For example:
Much_MORE_data_IS_NOT_FOUND
matches
Use the
IC
parameter only in source comparisons.
IW compresses white spaces (tabs and spaces) for the comparison.
Thus, if several whites are toge-ther on one line, FC considers
them as one white space. FC ignores spaces that are at the
beginning and end of lines.
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