cmp

compare two files byte by byte

Synopsis

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

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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.

copyright

Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

reporting bugs

Report bugs to: bug-diffutils[:at:]gnu[:dot:]org
GNU diffutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

see also

diff , diff3 , sdiff

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

info cmp

should give you access to the complete manual.

author

Written by Torbjorn Granlund and David MacKenzie.

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