1.$ DIFFERENCES EXAMPLE.TXT ************ 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 ************ File DISK1:[CHRIS.TEXT]EXAMPLE.TXT;2 1 ! DEMONSTRATION 2 ! OF V7.3 DIFFERENCES 3 UTILITY ************ ************ 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 ************ 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.