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1.1     ! root        1: .TH CMP 1 
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: cmp \- compare two files
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B cmp
        !             6: [
        !             7: .B -lsL
        !             8: ]
        !             9: .I file1 file2
        !            10: [
        !            11: .I offset1
        !            12: [
        !            13: .I offset2
        !            14: ]
        !            15: ]
        !            16: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            17: The two files are
        !            18: compared.
        !            19: A diagnostic results if the contents differ, otherwise
        !            20: there is no output.
        !            21: .PP
        !            22: The options are:
        !            23: .TP
        !            24: .B l
        !            25: Print the byte number (decimal) and the
        !            26: differing bytes (hexadecimal) for each difference.
        !            27: .TP
        !            28: .B s
        !            29: Print nothing for differing files,
        !            30: but set the exit status.
        !            31: .TP
        !            32: .B L
        !            33: Print the line number of the first differing byte.
        !            34: .PP
        !            35: If offsets are given,
        !            36: comparison starts at the designated byte position
        !            37: of the corresponding file.
        !            38: Offsets that begin with
        !            39: .B 0x
        !            40: are hexadecimal;
        !            41: with
        !            42: .BR 0 ,
        !            43: octal; with anything else, decimal.
        !            44: .SH SOURCE
        !            45: .B /sys/src/cmd/cmp.c
        !            46: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            47: .IR diff (1) 
        !            48: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            49: If a file is inaccessible or missing, the exit status is
        !            50: .LR open .
        !            51: If the files are the same, the exit status is empty (true).
        !            52: If they are the same except that one is longer than the other, the exit status is
        !            53: .LR EOF .
        !            54: Otherwise
        !            55: .I cmp
        !            56: reports the position of the first disagreeing byte and the exit status is
        !            57: .LR differ .

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