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CMD
CMD
fc myfile1 myfile2
fc /b myfile1 myfile2
fc /c myfile1 myfile2
fc /l myfile1 myfile2
fc /u myfile1 myfile2
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Binary compare
Case-insensitive compare
ASCII compare
Unicode compare
Powershell
Powershell
compare-object (get-content myfile1) (get-content myfile2)
diff (cat myfile1) (cat myfile2)
If you just need to know whether the files are the same without seeing a report of any differences...
return (Get-FileHash myfile1) -eq (Get-FileHash myfile2)
Returns True if files are the same and False if they are differentYou can also use fc in Powershell but, since fc is a Powershell alias for Format-Custom you wll need to run it using one of these variations...
fc.exe myfile1 myfile2
start cmd "/c ""fc myfile1 myfile2"""
Windiff
Windiff
TODO
WinMerge
WinMerge
TODO
UNIX/Windows Cribsheet
UNIX/Windows Cribsheet
Bibliography
Bibliography
https://yantraas.com/cmd-commands/https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/fchttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Comparehttps://www.howtogeek.com/206123/how-to-use-fc-file-compare-from-the-windows-command-prompt/https://ss64.com/nt/fc.html
https://serverfault.com/questions/5598/how-do-i-diff-two-text-files-in-windows-powershellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/shell-experience/how-to-use-windiff-utility
https://serverfault.com/questions/5598/how-do-i-diff-two-text-files-in-windows-powershellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/shell-experience/how-to-use-windiff-utility
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