---
name: "opafmconfigdiff"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "opa-fastfabric"
version: "10.10.3.0.11-1+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/opafmconfigdiff"
---

# opafmconfigdiff(8)

## NAME

opafmconfigdiff

Performs a file difference between two configuration files corresponding to two FM instances described by *file1* and *file2*.

## Syntax

opafmconfigdiff \[-f\] \[-l\] \[-d '*diff\_args*'\]  *file1 file2*

## Options

- \--help

  Produces full help text.

- \-f

  Filters out FM parameters that are not part of the consistency check. Removes configuration tags that do not cause consistency checks on the FM to fail from diff.

- \-l

  Includes comments in XML to indicate original line numbers.

- \-d '*diff\_args*'

  Specifies additional arguments to add to diff command. For example, enter uw for unified format ignoring whitespace.

- *file1 file2*

  Specifies the names of the configuration files to be compared.

## Example

opafmconfigdiff /etc/opa-fm/opafm.xml  /usr/share/opa-fm/opafm.xml\

opafmconfigdiff -f /etc/opa-fm/opafm.xml  /usr/share/opa-fm/opafm.xml\

opafmconfigdiff -d -uw /etc/opa-fm/opafm.xml  /usr/share/opa-fm/\
 opafm.xml