File Compare

In computing, fc (File Compare) is a command-line program in DOS, IBM OS/2 and Microsoft Windows operating systems, that compares multiple files and outputs the differences between them. It is similar to the Unix commands comm, cmp and diff.

This article is about the operating system command. For the general concept, see File comparison.
fc
Original author(s)Mani A. Ulloa
Developer(s)Microsoft, IBM, Digital Research, Novell
Initial release1984, 39–40 years ago
Written inMS-DOS: x86 assembly language
FreeDOS: C
Operating systemMS-DOS, PC DOS, OS/2, eComStation, ArcaOS, Windows, DR DOS, FreeDOS
PlatformCross-platform
TypeCommand
LicenseMS-DOS: MIT
FreeDOS: GPLv2+
Websitedocs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/fc
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