---
name: "cancompare"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "canmatrix-utils"
version: "1.2~github-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cancompare"
---

# cancompare(1)

compare two CAN bus database files

## NAME

cancompare - compare two CAN bus database files

## DESCRIPTION

### Usage:

-

  cancompare \[options\] matrix1 matrix2

-

  matrix*X* can be any of \*.dbc\|\*.dbf\|\*.kcd\|\*.arxml

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  list all available options.

- **-s**

  don't print status messages to stdout. (only errors)

- **-v**

  output verbosity

## SEE ALSO

[canconvert(1)](/canconvert/1.md)