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                                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
 
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