Comp (command)

comp
DevelopersDEC, IBM, Microsoft, Digital Research, Novell, Paul Vojta, ReactOS Contributors
Initial releaseAugust 1981; 44 years ago (1981-08)
Operating systemOS/8, PC DOS, MS-DOS, FlexOS, SISNE plus, OS/2, eComStation, ArcaOS, Windows, DR DOS, FreeDOS, ReactOS
PlatformCross-platform
TypeCommand
LicenseFreeDOS: MIT
ReactOS: GNU GPL 2

In computing, comp is a command used on DEC OS/8,[1] DOS,[2] DR FlexOS,[3] IBM OS/2,[4] Microsoft Windows[5] and related computer operating systems such as ReactOS. It is used to perform comparisons of multiple computer files to show the differences between them.[6]

History

COMP.COM (among other commands) in IBM PC DOS 1.0.

In DOS, the comp command first appeared in PC DOS 1.0[7] and has been included in most versions of MS-DOS and PC DOS. A newer command, fc was added in DOS 3.3 which allows for line comparisons in addition to binary comparisons. DR DOS 6.0 also includes an implementation of the comp command.[8]

The FreeDOS version was developed by Paul Vojta and is licensed under the MIT License.[9] Ged Murphy developed the ReactOS version. It is licensed under the GNU GPL 2.[10]

The command is also available in the EFI shell.[11]

Syntax

The command-syntax is:[12]

comp [<Data1>] [<Data2>] [/d] [/a] [/l] [/n=<Number>] [/c]

Parameters

  • <Data1> – Location and name of the first file or set of files
  • <Data2> – Location and name of the second file or set of files
  • /d – Display differences in decimal format (Default is hexadecimal)
  • /a – Display differences as characters
  • /l – Display the number of the line, instead of the byte offset
  • /n=<Number> – Compare only the specified number of lines for each file
  • /c – Perform a non case-sensitive comparison
  • /off[line] – Process files with the offline attribute set
  • /? – Display Help

See also

References

  1. ^ "Concise Command Language" (CCL)."OS/8 Handbook" (PDF). April 1974. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  2. ^ Jamsa, Kris A. (1993), DOS: The Complete Reference, Osborne McGraw-Hill, p. 206, ISBN 0078819040.
  3. ^ "FlexOS™ User's Guide" (PDF). bitsavers.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-09-25. Retrieved 2026-06-02.
  4. ^ "OS/2 Commands". www.jatomes.com. Archived from the original on 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
  5. ^ "Comp".
  6. ^ Wolverton, Van (2003). Running MS-DOS Version 6.22 (20th Anniversary Edition), 6th Revised edition. Microsoft Press. ISBN 0-7356-1812-7.
  7. ^ "Disk Operating System" (PDF). bitsavers.org. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  8. ^ "DR DOS 6.0 User Guide Optimisation and Configuration Tips" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
  9. ^ "FreeDOS 1.2 Updates Package - comp (FreeDOS Base)". Ibiblio.org. 2006-10-21. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  10. ^ "Reactos/Reactos". GitHub. 3 January 2022.
  11. ^ "EFI Shells and Scripting". Intel. Archived from the original on 2009-01-30. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  12. ^ MS-DOS and Windows command line comp command

Further reading


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