If that is still unsatisfactory, try a static G. With either option, there is a limit on how far out of synchronization the two files can get before they're no longer worth comparing. For the static G option, typical values for G are 1 to 5 with a maximum number of mismatched lines between 10 and 50. It then writes all differences between the two files as messages. These messages include the types of differences, the MPW Shell editor commands that you can use to select the lines, and the differing lines themselves. If there are extra lines in one file and not the other, the selection for the missing lines is generated as an insertion point at the point where the lines are missing.
Several options alter the message form slightly.
If you use the -e option, you can see the context in which mismatched or extra lines appear. In this case, you specify a certain number of context lines to precede and succeed the lines in question. If you request -m , on the other hand, Compare suppresses the differing lines altogether, including only the type of difference and the MPW Shell editor commands. If you omit this parameter, file1 is compared to standard input. If you omit col1, Compare assumes 1.