FC--Examples

Suppose you want to make an ASCII comparison of two text files that are
named MONTHLY.RPT and SALES.RPT, and you want to display the results in
abbreviated format. To make this comparison, type the following command:

    fc /a monthly.rpt sales.rpt

To make a binary comparison of two batch files named PROFITS.BAT and
EARNINGS.BAT, type the following command:

    fc /b profits.bat earnings.bat

The results of this command will be similar to the following:

    00000002: 72 43
    00000004: 65 3A
    0000000E: 56 92
    00000012: 6D 5C
    00000013: 0D 7C
    00000014: 0D 0A
    00000015: 0A 0D
    0000001E: 43 7A
    0000001F: 09 0A
    00000022: 72 44
         ...
         ...
         ...
    000005E0: 00 61
    000005E1: 00 73
    000005E2: 00 73
    000005E3: 00 69
    000005E4: 00 67
    000005E5: 00 6E
    000005E6: 00 6D
    000005E7: 00 65
    000005E8: 00 6E
    FC: EARNINGS.BAT longer than PROFITS.BAT

If the PROFITS.BAT and EARNINGS.BAT files were identical, FC would display
the following message:

    FC: no differences encountered

To compare every .BAT file in the current directory with the file NEW.BAT,
type the following command:

    fc *.bat new.bat

To compare the file NEW.BAT on drive C with the file NEW.BAT on drive D,
type the following command.

    fc c:new.bat d:*.bat

To compare each batch file in the root directory on drive C to the file with
the same name in the root directory on drive D, type the following command:

    fc c:\*.bat d:\*.bat