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