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Enter a command. For example: get filehash, forfiles, pipwin.

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}}