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## Name
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cmp - compare files
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## Synopsis
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```**sh
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$ cmp [options...] file1 file2
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```
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## Description
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Compare two files and report the location of any differences. By default, execution stops after the first difference, but this can be overridden (see `--verbose` option). Byte and line numbers start at 1.
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## Options
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* `--help`: Display help message and exit
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* `-l`, `--verbose`: Output the byte number, and the differing bytes, for every difference.
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* `-s`, `--silent`: Silence output.
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## Arguments
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* `file1` and `file2`: Files to compare. Use `-` as the file name to read from standard input.
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## Exit status
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* 0 - Files are identical.
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* 1 - Files are different.
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* 2 - An error occurred.
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## See also
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* [`comm`(1)](help://man/1/comm)
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