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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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