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fc

Compare the differences between two files or sets of files. Use wildcards (*) to compare sets of files. More information: https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/fc.
  • Compare 2 specified files:
    fc {{path\to\file1}} {{path\to\file2}}
  • Perform a case-insensitive comparison:
    fc /c {{path\to\file1}} {{path\to\file2}}
  • Compare files as Unicode text:
    fc /u {{path\to\file1}} {{path\to\file2}}
  • Compare files as ASCII text:
    fc /l {{path\to\file1}} {{path\to\file2}}
  • Compare files as binary:
    fc /b {{path\to\file1}} {{path\to\file2}}
  • Disable tab-to-space expansion:
    fc /t {{path\to\file1}} {{path\to\file2}}
  • Compress whitespace (tabs and spaces) for comparisons:
    fc /w {{path\to\file1}} {{path\to\file2}}

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