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MS DOS Command: COMP

Reference from Microsoft WinXP cmd help

Description

Compares the contents of two files or sets of files.

Syntax

COMP [data1] [data2] [/D] [/A] [/L] [/N=number] [/C] [/OFF[LINE]]

Parameters

data1	Specifies location and name(s) of first file(s) to compare.
data2	Specifies location and name(s) of second files to compare.
/D	Displays differences in decimal format.
/A	Displays differences in ASCII characters.
/L	Displays line numbers for differences.
/N=number	Compares only the first specified number of lines in each file.
/C	Disregards case of ASCII letters when comparing files.
/OFF[LINE]	Do not skip files with offline attribute set.

Remarks

To compare sets of files, use wildcards in data1 and data2 parameters.