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Name

cmp - compare files

Synopsis

$ cmp [options...] file1 file2

Description

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.

Options

  • --help: Display help message and exit
  • -l, --verbose: Output the byte number, and the differing bytes, for every difference.
  • -s, --silent: Silence output.

Arguments

  • file1 and file2: Files to compare. Use - as the file name to read from standard input.

Exit status

  • 0 - Files are identical.
  • 1 - Files are different.
  • 2 - An error occurred.

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