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1.1       root        1: .th CMP I 1/15/73
                      2: .sh NAME
                      3: cmp \*- compare two files
                      4: .sh SYNOPSIS
                      5: .bd cmp
                      6: file1 file2
                      7: .sh DESCRIPTION
                      8: The two files are
                      9: compared for identical contents.
                     10: Discrepancies are noted
                     11: by giving the offset and the differing words,
                     12: all in octal.
                     13: .sh "SEE ALSO"
                     14: proof (I), comm (I)
                     15: .sh BUGS
                     16: If
                     17: the shorter of the two files is of odd length,
                     18: .it cmp
                     19: acts as if a null byte had been appended to it.
                     20: The
                     21: .it offset
                     22: is only a single-precision number.

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