CMP -- FILE COMPARE UTILITY CMP is used to compare two ASCII files so that differences may be easily seen. Depending on the switches used it can, 1) Generate a listing showing the differences between two files. 2) Generate a listing with the changes marked with change bars. 3) Generate output suitable for input to the SLP utility. The CMP command line is outfile[/Sw1,Sw2.....] = infile1, infile2 Further HELP may be requested with the keywords SWITCHES SWITCHES DEFAULT 2 SWITCHES /BL [/-BL] Include [do not include] blank lines in compare processing. /CB List infile2 with change bars in the form of '!' applied to each line that does not have a corresponding line in infile1. /CO [/-CO] Include [do not include] text preceeded by a ';' in processing. /DI Print the differences between the two files. /FF [/-FF] Include [do not include] records with a single form feed. /LI:n Specify the number of lines which must be identical before CMP recognizes a match(default = 3). /LN [/-LN] Precede [do not precede] lines in output file with their line number. /MB [/-MB] Include [do not include] blank and tab characters in processing. /SL[:au] Generate a SLP output file. 'au' is a 1-8 character ASCII audit identifier. /TB [/-TB] Include [do not include] trailing blanks on a line. /VB:nnn Specify a different character(octal value =nnn) as change bar. 3 DEFAULT The default CMP switch settings are /-BL/-CB/CO/DI/-FF/LI:3/LN/MB/-SL/TB/VB:041