SAMPLE command and resulting output   | Comments about the output

  FC TESTDATA.TXT SAFEDATA.BAK		Compare the contents of the file 
					TESTDATA.TXT with SAFEDATA.BAK.
fc: no differences encountered		The file are the same.

  FC C:\PROGRAMS\TUTOR.BAS A:TUTOR.BAK  Here we are comparing the file
					TUTOR.BAS in the PROGRAMS directory
					on drive C: with TUTOR.BAK in the
******C:\PROGRAMS\TUTOR.BAS		current directory on drive A:.
This is the first different line
...
This is the last different line		The files do not compare. The lines
					of text in each file which are
******A:TUTOR.BAK                       different are shown.
Difference begin here
...
and end here.
******

   FC NEW.EXE  OLD.EXE			An character at a time comparison is
					performed on .EXE files. A list of
00000039:   44   47			differing characters is given, with
0000008A:   00   63			relative addresses and contents shown
0000020E:   52   55			in hexadecimal (base 16).
fc:  NEW.EXE longer than OLD.EXE
