Chapter 6 / Command Reference
Fe (File Comparison)
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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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