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CMP(1)							      General Commands Manual							    CMP(1)

NAME
       cmp - compare two files

SYNOPSIS
       cmp [-ls] file1 file2

OPTIONS
       -l     Loud mode. Print bytes that differ (in octal)

       -s     Silent mode.  Print nothing, just return exit status

EXAMPLES
       cmp file1 file2	   # Tell whether the files are the same

       cmp -l file1 file2  # Print all corresponding bytes that differ

DESCRIPTION
       Two files are compared.	If they are identical, exit status 0 is returned.  If they differ, exit status 1 is returned.  If the files cannot
       be opened, exit status 2 is returned.  If one of the file arguments is -, then stdin is compared to the other file.

SEE ALSO
       comm(1), diff(1).

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