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DIFFERENCES is a [[DCL]] [[Command|command]] that compares the contents of two disk [[File|files]] and displays a listing of the records that do not match. | DIFFERENCES is a [[DCL]] [[Command|command]] that compares the contents of two disk [[File|files]] and displays a listing of the records that do not match. | ||
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| + | DIFFERENCES is invoked with DIFF.EXE. | ||
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=Syntax= | =Syntax= | ||
DIFFERENCES input1-filespec [input2-filespec] | DIFFERENCES input1-filespec [input2-filespec] | ||
==Qualifiers== | ==Qualifiers== | ||
| − | * /CHANGE_BAR | + | * /CHANGE_BAR - marks differences using the specified character: e.g. /CHANGE_BAR=# |
| − | * /COMMENT_DELIMITER | + | * /COMMENT_DELIMITER - ignores characters on a line to the right of (and including) a specified comment character: |
| − | * /EXACT | + | ** COLON |
| − | * /HIGHLIGHT | + | ** COMMA |
| + | ** EXCLAMATION | ||
| + | ** FORM_FEED | ||
| + | ** LEFT bracket | ||
| + | ** RIGHT bracket | ||
| + | ** SEMI_COLON | ||
| + | ** SLASH | ||
| + | ** SPACE | ||
| + | * /EXACT: use with the /PAGE=SAVE and /SEARCH qualifiers to specify a search string that must match the search string exactly and must be enclosed with quotation marks | ||
| + | * /HIGHLIGHT: use with the /PAGE=SAVE and /SEARCH qualifiers to specify the type of highlighting you want when a search string is found (BOLD, BLINK, REVERSE, and UNDERLINE) | ||
* /IGNORE | * /IGNORE | ||
* /MATCH | * /MATCH | ||
Latest revision as of 12:52, 6 February 2023
DIFFERENCES is a DCL command that compares the contents of two disk files and displays a listing of the records that do not match.
DIFFERENCES is invoked with DIFF.EXE.
Syntax
DIFFERENCES input1-filespec [input2-filespec]
Qualifiers
- /CHANGE_BAR - marks differences using the specified character: e.g. /CHANGE_BAR=#
- /COMMENT_DELIMITER - ignores characters on a line to the right of (and including) a specified comment character:
- COLON
- COMMA
- EXCLAMATION
- FORM_FEED
- LEFT bracket
- RIGHT bracket
- SEMI_COLON
- SLASH
- SPACE
- /EXACT: use with the /PAGE=SAVE and /SEARCH qualifiers to specify a search string that must match the search string exactly and must be enclosed with quotation marks
- /HIGHLIGHT: use with the /PAGE=SAVE and /SEARCH qualifiers to specify the type of highlighting you want when a search string is found (BOLD, BLINK, REVERSE, and UNDERLINE)
- /IGNORE
- /MATCH
- /MAXIMUM_DIFFERENCES
- /MERGED
- /MODENUMBER
- /OUTPUT
- /PAGE
- /PARALLEL
- /SEARCH
- /SEPARATED
- /SLP
- /WIDTH
- /WINDOW
- /WRAP
