CMP
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: November 18, 1987
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NAME
cmp - compare two files
SYNOPSIS
cmp
[
-l
] [
-s
] file1 file2 [ skip1 ] [ skip2 ]
DESCRIPTION
The two files are compared. (If file1 is `-', the standard
input is used.) With no options, cmp makes no comment if the
files are the same; if they differ, it reports the byte and line
number at which the difference occurred, or, that one file is an
initial subsequence of the other. Skip1 and skip2 are
initial byte offsets into file1 and file2 respectively,
and may be either octal or decimal; a leading ``0'' denotes octal.
Options:
- -s
-
Print nothing for differing files; set exit codes only.
- -l
-
Print the byte number (in decimal) and the differing bytes (in octal)
for all differences between the two files.
SEE ALSO
diff(1), comm(1)
DIAGNOSTICS
Exit code 0 is returned for identical files, 1 for different files,
and 2 for an inaccessible or missing argument, or a system error.
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