comp (windows)

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Compare the contents of two files or sets of files. Use wildcards (* ) to compare sets of files. More information: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/comp .

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# Compare files interactively:
comp

# Compare two specified files:
comp {{path/to/file_1}} {{path/to/file_2}}

# Compare two sets of files:
comp {{path/to/directory_1/*}} {{path/to/directory_2/*}}

# Display differences in decimal format:
comp /d {{path/to/file_1}} {{path/to/file_2}}

# Display differences in ASCII format:
comp /a {{path/to/file_1}} {{path/to/file_2}}

# Display line numbers for differences:
comp /l {{path/to/file_1}} {{path/to/file_2}}

# Compare files case-insensitively:
comp /c {{path/to/file_1}} {{path/to/file_2}}

# Compare only the first 5 lines of each file:
comp /n={{5}} {{path/to/file_1}} {{path/to/file_2}}

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