NAME
compare - compare files line by line
SYNOPSIS
compare [OPTION...] FILE_A FILE_B
DESCRIPTION
Compare FILE_A vs FILE_B and generate comparison results in a new tab.
OPTIONS
-a TAB_NAME
Rename the left file name in the comparison results
-b TAB_NAME
Rename the right file name in the comparison results
EXAMPLES
To compare two files
compare FileName1 FileName2
To compare two files, renaming the first file to tab1 in the comparison results
compare -a tab1 FileName1 FileName2
To compare two files, renaming the second file to tab2 in the comparison results
compare -b tab2 FileName1 FileName2
To compare two files, renaming the first file to tab1 and renaming the second file to tab2 in the comparison results
compare -a tab1 -b tab2 FileName1 FileName2
To compare two files, renaming the first file (found in the /home/username/ directory) to tab1, and renaming the second file (found in the current working directory) to tab2 in the comparison results
compare -a tab1 -b tab2 /home/username/FileName1 FileName2
To compare two files, renaming the first file (found in the current working directory) to tab1, and renaming the second file (found in c:/directory ) to tab2 in the comparison results
compare -a tab1 -b tab2 FileName1 c:/directory/FileName2
To compare two files, renaming the first file to tab1 and renaming the second file to tab2 in the comparison results
compare -a tab1 FileName1 -b tab2 FileName2
To compare two files, renaming the first file to tab2 and renaming the second file to tab1 in the comparison results
compare -b tab2 FileName1 -a tab1 FileName2