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fc

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

• 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}}