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Annotation of coherent/a/usr/man/MULTI/cmp, revision 1.1

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        !             3: cmp                          Command                          cmp
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        !             8: Compare bytes of two files
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        !            10: ccmmpp [-llss] _f_i_l_e_1 _f_i_l_e_2 [_s_k_i_p_1 _s_k_i_p_2]
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        !            12: cmp is  a command  that is  included with COHERENT.   It compares
        !            13: file1 and file2 character by character for equality.  If file1 is
        !            14: `-', cmp reads the standard input.
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        !            16: Normally, cmp notes the  first difference and prints the line and
        !            17: character position, relative  to any skips.  If it encounters EOF
        !            18: on one file but not on  the other, it prints the message ``EOF on
        !            19: file_n''.  The  following are  the options  that can be  used with
        !            20: cmp:
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        !            22: -ll Note  each differing byte by printing  the positions and octal
        !            23:    values of the bytes of each file.
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        !            25: -ss Print nothing, but return the exit status.
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        !            27: If the  skip counts are  present, cmp reads skip1  bytes on file1
        !            28: and  skip2 bytes  on file2  before it begins  to compare  the two
        !            29: files.
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        !            31: ***** See Also *****
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        !            33: commands, diff, sh
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        !            35: ***** Diagnostics *****
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        !            37: The exit status is  zero for identical files, one for non-identi-
        !            38: cal files,  and two for errors, e.g., bad  command usage or inac-
        !            39: cessible file.
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