Examples

   1.$ DIFFERENCES EXAMPLE.TXT
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     File DISK1:[CHRIS.TEXT]EXAMPLE.TXT;2
         1   DEMONSTRATION
         2   OF V7.3 DIFFERENCES
         3   UTILITY
     ******
     File DISK1:[CHRIS.TEXT]EXAMPLE.TXT;1
         1   DEMONSTRETION
         2   OF VMS DIFFERENCES
         3   UTILITY
     ************
     Number of difference sections found: 1
     Number of difference records found: 2
     DIFFERENCES/ IGNORE=()/MERGED=1-
            DISK1:[CHRIS.TEXT]EXAMPLE.TXT;2-
            DISK1:[CHRIS.TEXT]EXAMPLE.TXT;1

     In this example, the DIFFERENCES command compares the contents
     of the two most recent versions of the file EXAMPLE.TXT in the
     current default directory. The DIFFERENCES command compares
     every character in every record and displays the results at the
     terminal.



   2.$ DIFFERENCES/WIDTH=80/MODE=(HEX,ASCII) EXAMPLE.TXT/CHANGE_BAR
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     File DISK1:[CHRIS.TEXT]EXAMPLE.TXT;2
         1 ! DEMONSTRATION
         2 ! OF V7.3 DIFFERENCES
         3   UTILITY
     ************
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     File DISK1:[CHRIS.TEXT]EXAMPLE.TXT;2
     RECORD NUMBER 1 (00000001) LENGTH 14 (0000000E)  ***CHANGE***
          204E 4F495441 5254534E 4F4D4544 DEMONSTRATION .. 000000
     RECORD NUMBER 2 (00000002) LENGTH 19 (00000013)  ***CHANGE***
      4E455245 46464944 20302E33 5620464F OF V7.3 DIFFEREN 000000
                                   534543 CES............. 000010
     RECORD NUMBER 3 (00000003) LENGTH 7 (00000007)
                          595449 4C495455 UTILITY......... 000000
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     Number of difference sections found: 1
     Number of difference records found: 2
     DIFFERENCES /WIDTH=80/MODE=(HEX,ASCII)
            DISK1:[CHRIS.TEXT]EXAMPLE.TXT;2/CHANGE_BAR-
            DISK1:[CHRIS.TEXT]EXAMPLE.TXT;1

     The DIFFERENCES command compares the same files as in
     Example 1, but lists the differences in both hexadecimal and
     ASCII formats. The command also specifies that default change
     bars be used in the output. The default change bar notation for
     the hexadecimal output is ***CHANGE***. For the ASCII output,
     the default change bar character is the exclamation point.

   3.$ DIFFERENCES/OUTPUT BOSTON::DISK2:TEST.DAT OMAHA::DISK1:[PGM]TEST.DAT

     The DIFFERENCES command compares two remote files and displays
     any differences found. The first file is TEST.DAT on remote
     node BOSTON. The second file is also named TEST.DAT on remote
     node OMAHA. The DIFFERENCES output is located in the file
     DISK1:[PGM]TEST.DIF.