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1.1     ! root        1: .TH CMP 1 "18 January 1983"
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: cmp \- compare two files
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B cmp
        !             6: [
        !             7: .B \-l
        !             8: ] [
        !             9: .B \-s
        !            10: ]
        !            11: file1 file2
        !            12: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            13: The two files are
        !            14: compared.
        !            15: (If
        !            16: .I file1
        !            17: is `\-',
        !            18: the standard input is used.)
        !            19: Under default options,
        !            20: .I cmp
        !            21: makes no comment if the files are the same;
        !            22: if they differ, it announces the byte and line number
        !            23: at which the difference occurred.
        !            24: If one file is an initial subsequence
        !            25: of the other, that fact is noted.
        !            26: .PP
        !            27: Options:
        !            28: .TP 6
        !            29: .B  \-l
        !            30: Print the byte number (decimal) and the
        !            31: differing bytes (octal) for each difference.
        !            32: .TP 6
        !            33: .B  \-s
        !            34: Print nothing for differing files;
        !            35: return codes only.
        !            36: .dt
        !            37: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            38: diff(1), comm(1)
        !            39: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            40: Exit code 0 is returned for identical
        !            41: files, 1 for different files, and 2 for an
        !            42: inaccessible or missing argument.

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