1CMP(1)                      General Commands Manual                     CMP(1)
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NAME

6       cmp - compare two files
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SYNOPSIS

9       cmp [ -l ] [ -s ] file1 file2
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DESCRIPTION

12       The  two  files  are compared.  (If file1 is `-', the standard input is
13       used.)  Under default options, cmp makes no comment if  the  files  are
14       the  same;  if  they  differ,  it announces the byte and line number at
15       which the difference occurred.  If one file is an  initial  subsequence
16       of the other, that fact is noted.
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20       -l    Print  the  byte number (decimal) and the differing bytes (octal)
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23       -s    Print nothing for differing files; return codes only.
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SEE ALSO

26       diff(1), comm(1)
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DIAGNOSTICS

29       Exit code 0 is returned for identical files, 1 for different files, and
30       2 for an inaccessible or missing argument.
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