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cmp (1g)

Name

cmp - compare two files byte by byte

Synopsis

cmp [OPTION]... FILE1 [FILE2 [SKIP1 [SKIP2]]]

Description

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 (C) 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.


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+--------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |  ATTRIBUTE VALUE   |
       +---------------+--------------------+
       |Availability   | text/gnu-diffutils |
       +---------------+--------------------+
       |Stability      | Uncommitted        |
       +---------------+--------------------+
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.



NOTES
       This    software    was    built    from    source     available     at
       https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.    The  original  community
       source was downloaded  from   http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/diffu-
       tils-2.8.7.tar.gz

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/.



diffutils 2.8.7                   April 2004                            CMP(1)