File Compare
| fc | |
|---|---|
The Microsoft Windows 95 fc command | |
| Original author(s) | Mani A. Ulloa |
| Developer(s) | Microsoft, IBM, Digital Research, Novell |
| Initial release | 1984, 40–41 years ago |
| Written in | MS-DOS: x86 assembly language FreeDOS: C |
| Operating system | MS-DOS, PC DOS, OS/2, eComStation, ArcaOS, Windows, DR DOS, FreeDOS |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Type | Command |
| License | MS-DOS: MIT FreeDOS: GPLv2+ |
| Website | docs |
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.