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Updated: Wednesday, July 27, 2022
 
 

gzcmp (1)

Name

gzcmp - compare compressed files

Synopsis

gzcmp [ cmp_options ] file1 [ file2 ]
gzdiff [ diff_options ] file1 [ file2 ]

Description

GZDIFF(1)                   General Commands Manual                  GZDIFF(1)



NAME
       gzcmp, gzdiff - compare compressed files

SYNOPSIS
       gzcmp [ cmp_options ] file1 [ file2 ]
       gzdiff [ diff_options ] file1 [ file2 ]

DESCRIPTION
       The  gzcmp  and  gzdiff commands are used to invoke the cmp or the diff
       program on files compressed via gzip.  All options specified are passed
       directly to cmp or diff.  If only file1 is specified, it is compared to
       the uncompressed contents of file1.gz.  If  two  files  are  specified,
       their contents (uncompressed if necessary) are fed to cmp or diff.  The
       input files are not modified.  The exit status from cmp or diff is pre-
       served.


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE  |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Availability   | compress/gzip    |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Stability      | Committed        |
       +---------------+------------------+

SEE ALSO
       cmp(1),  diff(1),  gzmore(1), gzgrep(1), gznew(1), gzforce(1), gzip(1),
       gzexe(1)

BUGS
       Messages from the cmp or diff programs may refer to file names such  as
       "-" instead of to the file names specified.



NOTES
       Source  code  for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This     software     was    built    from    source    available    at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.   The  original   community
       source                was                downloaded                from
       https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/gzip-1.12.tar.gz.

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



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