Tool for comparing 2 binary files in Windows

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mustafa picture mustafa · Nov 17, 2011 · Viewed 314.5k times · Source

I need a tool to compare 2 binaries. The files are quite large. Some freeware or trial tools I found on the Internet are not convenient to use for large files. Can you recommend me some tools?

Answer

Mike Woinoski picture Mike Woinoski · Dec 20, 2012

If you want to find out only whether or not the files are identical, you can use the Windows fc command in binary mode:

fc.exe /b file1 file2

For details, see the reference for fc

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