Manual page for CMP(1)
cmp - compare two files
SYNOPSIS
cmp
[
-l
] [
-s
]
file1 file2
DESCRIPTION
The two files are
compared.
(If
file1
is `-',
the standard input is used.)
Under default options,
cmp
makes no comment if the files are the same;
if they differ, it announces the byte and line number
at which the difference occurred.
If one file is an initial subsequence
of the other, that fact is noted.
Options:
- -l
-
Print the byte number (decimal) and the
differing bytes (octal) for each difference.
- -s
-
Print nothing for differing files;
return codes only.
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.
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Last modified 11/5/97
