fc

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

  • Compare 2 specified files:

fc path\to\file1 path\to\file2

  • Perform a case-insensitive comparison:

fc /c path\to\file1 path\to\file2

  • Compare files as Unicode text:

fc /u path\to\file1 path\to\file2

  • Compare files as ASCII text:

fc /l path\to\file1 path\to\file2

  • Compare files as binary:

fc /b path\to\file1 path\to\file2

  • Disable tab-to-space expansion:

fc /t path\to\file1 path\to\file2

  • Compress whitespace (tabs and spaces) for comparisons:

fc /w path\to\file1 path\to\file2