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CMP(1) User Commands CMP(1)
NAME
cmp - compare two files byte by byte
SYNOPSIS
cmp [OPTION]... FILE1 [FILE2 [SKIP1 [SKIP2]]]
DESCRIPTION
Compare two files byte by byte.
-b --print-bytes
Print differing bytes.
-i SKIP --ignore-initial=SKIP
Skip the first SKIP bytes of input.
-i SKIP1:SKIP2 --ignore-initial=SKIP1:SKIP2
Skip the first SKIP1 bytes of FILE1 and the first SKIP2 bytes of
FILE2.
-l --verbose
Output byte numbers and values of all differing bytes.
-n LIMIT --bytes=LIMIT
Compare at most LIMIT bytes.
-s --quiet --silent
Output nothing; yield exit status only.
-v --version
Output version info.
--help Output this help.
SKIP1 and SKIP2 are the number of bytes to skip in each file. SKIP
values may be followed by the following multiplicative suffixes: kB
1000, K 1024, MB 1,000,000, M 1,048,576, GB 1,000,000,000, G
1,073,741,824, and so on for T, P, E, Z, Y.
If a FILE is `-' or missing, read standard input. Exit status is 0 if
inputs are the same, 1 if different, 2 if trouble.
AUTHOR
Written by Torbjorn Granlund and David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for cmp is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
the info and cmp programs are properly installed at your site, the com‐
mand
info diff
should give you access to the complete manual.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌────────────────────┬────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├────────────────────┼────────────────────┤
│Availability │ text/gnu-diffutils │
├────────────────────┼────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │ Uncommitted │
└────────────────────┴────────────────────┘
NOTES
Source for GNU diffutils is available on http://opensolaris.org.
diffutils 2.8.7 April 2004 CMP(1)
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