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cmp - compare two files byte by byte

Author

       Written by Torbjorn Granlund and David MacKenzie.

Description

       Compare two files byte by byte.

       The  optional  SKIP1 and SKIP2 specify the number of bytes to skip at the beginning of each file (zero by
       default).

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

       -b, --print-bytes
              print differing bytes

       -i, --ignore-initial=SKIP
              skip first SKIP bytes of both inputs

       -i, --ignore-initial=SKIP1:SKIP2
              skip first SKIP1 bytes of FILE1 and first SKIP2 bytes of FILE2

       -l, --verbose
              output byte numbers and differing byte values

       -n, --bytes=LIMIT
              compare at most LIMIT bytes

       -s, --quiet, --silent
              suppress all normal output

       --help display this help and exit

       -v, --version
              output version information and exit

       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.

Name

       cmp - compare two files byte by byte

Reporting Bugs

       Report bugs to: bug-diffutils@gnu.org
       GNU diffutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/>
       General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

See Also

diff(1), diff3(1), sdiff(1)

       The full documentation for cmp is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If  the  info  and  cmp  programs  are
       properly installed at your site, the command

              infocmp

       should give you access to the complete manual.

diffutils 3.10                                      May 2023                                              CMP(1)

Synopsis

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

See Also