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Examples |
To make an ASCII comparison of two text files, monthly.rpt and sales.rpt, and display the results in abbreviated format, type: |
fc /a monthly.rpt sales.rpt |
To make a binary comparison of two batch files, profits.bat and earnings.bat, type: |
fc /b profits.bat earnings.bat |
Results similar to the following appear: |
00000002: 72 43 |
00000004: 65 3A |
0000000E: 56 92 |
000005E8: 00 6E |
FC: earnings.bat longer than profits.bat |
If the profits.bat and earnings.bat files are identical, fc displays the following message: |
Comparing files profits.bat and earnings.bat |
FC: no differences encountered |
To compare every .bat file in the current directory with the file new.bat, type: |
fc *.bat new.bat |
To compare the file new.bat on drive C with the file new.bat on drive D, type: |
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: |
fc c:*.bat d:*.bat |
filesystems |
Displays information about the current file system of the volume with focus and lists the file systems that are supported for formatting the volume. |
A volume must be selected for this operation to succeed. Use the select volume command to select a volume and shift the focus to it. |
Syntax |
filesystems |
find |
Searches for a string of text in a file or files, and displays lines of text that contain the specified string. |
Syntax |
find [/v] [/c] [/n] [/i] [/off[line]] <"string"> [[<drive>:][<path>]<filename>[...]] |
Parameters |
Parameter |
Description |
/v |
Displays all lines that don't contain the specified <string>. |
/c |
Counts the lines that contain the specified <string> and displays the total. |
/n |
Precedes each line with the file's line number. |
/i |
Specifies that the search is not case-sensitive. |
[/off[line]] |
Doesn't skip files that have the offline attribute set. |
<"string"> |
Required. Specifies the group of characters (enclosed in quotation marks) that you want to search for. |
[<drive>:][<path>]<filename> |
Specifies the location and name of the file in which to search for the specified string. |
/? |
Displays help at the command prompt. |
<string> |
<string> |
<"string"> |
[<drive>:][<path>]<filename> |
Exit codes |
Exit code |
Description |
0 |
The searched string was found |
1 |
Searched string not found |
2 |
Searched file not found or invalid command line switch was given |
Remarks |
If you don't use /i, this command searches for exactly what you specify for string. For example, this command treats the characters a and A differently. If you use /i, however, the search becomes case insensitive, and it treats a and A as the same character. |
a |
A |
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