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33 .\" @(#)cmp.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
45 .Op Ar skip1 Op Ar skip2
47 The cmp utility compares two files of any type and writes the results
48 to the standard output.
51 is silent if the files are the same; if they differ, the byte
52 and line number at which the first difference occurred is reported.
54 Bytes and lines are numbered beginning with one.
56 The following options are available:
59 Print the byte number (decimal) and the differing
60 byte values (octal) for each difference.
62 Print nothing for differing files; return exit
66 The optional arguments
70 are the byte offsets from the beginning of
74 respectively, where the comparison will begin.
75 The offset is decimal by default, but may be expressed as an hexadecimal
76 or octal value by preceding it with a leading ``0x'' or ``0''.
80 utility exits with one of the following values:
83 The files are identical.
85 The files are different; this includes the case
86 where one file is identical to the first part of
88 In the latter case, if the
90 option has not been specified,
92 writes to standard output that EOF was reached in the shorter
93 file (before any differences were found).
103 utility is expected to be