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6 zcmp, zdiff - compare compressed files
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9 zcmp [ cmp_options ] file1 [ file2 ]
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13 The zcmp and zdiff commands are used to invoke the cmp or the diff pro‐
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18 input files are not modified. The exit status from cmp or diff is pre‐
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22 cmp(1), diff(1), zmore(1), zgrep(1), znew(1), zforce(1), gzip(1),
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26 Messages from the cmp or diff programs may refer to file names such as
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