COMP command in CMD
1:57:00 AM vikas 0 Comments Category : 'c'/Other Program
Compare two files (or sets of files). And then display items which do not
match.
Syntax
COMP [pathname1] [pathname2] [options]
“if you are not in same directory”
COMP [filename1] [filename2]
[options]
“if you are in same directory”
“if you are in same directory”
1. pathname1 The full path of first file’s
2. pathname2 The full path of second
file’s
Options
[/D] Display
differences in decimal format.
{it is by default}
{it is by default}
[/A]
Display differences in ASCII
characters.
[/L]
Display line numbers for
differences.
[/N=number] Compare only the first N number of lines
in the file.
in the file.
[/C]
do a case insensitive string
comparison.
If you run COMP command without any parameters, it will ask first file to
compare then after providing first file name. It will ask for second file
name than option respectively.
To compare sets of files, use wildcards in pathname1 and pathname2
parameters.
When used with the /A option COMP is similar to the FC command but it displays the individual characters that differ between the files rather than the whole line. COMP [pathname1] [pathname2] [/A]
To compare files of different sizes, use /N= to compare only the first n lines (common portion of each file.) COMP [pathname1] [pathname2] [/N=number] Normally COMP will finish with a Compare more files (Y/N) ? provide answer and proceed further.
