cmp - compare two files byte by byte
cmp [OPTION]... FILE1 [FILE2 [SKIP1 [SKIP2]]]
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)