fc (windows)

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Compare the differences between 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/fc .

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# Compare 2 specified files:
fc {{path/to/file_1}} {{path/to/file_2}}

# Perform a case-insensitive comparison:
fc /c {{path/to/file_1}} {{path/to/file_2}}

# Compare files as Unicode text:
fc /u {{path/to/file_1}} {{path/to/file_2}}

# Compare files as ASCII text:
fc /l {{path/to/file_1}} {{path/to/file_2}}

# Compare files as binary:
fc /b {{path/to/file_1}} {{path/to/file_2}}

# Disable tab-to-space expansion:
fc /t {{path/to/file_1}} {{path/to/file_2}}

# Compress whitespace (tabs and spaces) for comparisons:
fc /w {{path/to/file_1}} {{path/to/file_2}}

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