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

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