comp

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

• Compare files interactively:

comp

• Compare two specified files:

comp path\to\file1 path\to\file2

• Compare two sets of files:

comp path\to\directory1\* path\to\directory2\*

• Display differences in decimal format:

comp /d path\to\file1 path\to\file2

• Display differences in aSCII format:

comp /a path\to\file1 path\to\file2

• Display line numbers for differences:

comp /l path\to\file1 path\to\file2

• Compare files case-insensitively:

comp /c path\to\file1 path\to\file2

• Compare only the first 5 lines of each file:

comp /n=5 path\to\file1 path\to\file2