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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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