CMP(I) 5/15/74 CMP(I)





CMP(I)                       5/15/74                       CMP(I)







NAME

     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.  Moreover, return code 0 is yielded for identical

     files, 1 for different files, and 2 for an  inaccessible  or

     missing argument.



     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 (I), comm (I)



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