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| 1 | .TH CMP 1
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| 2 | .SH NAME
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| 3 | cmp \- compare two files
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| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS
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| 5 | \fBcmp\fR [\fB\-ls\fR] \fIfile1 file2\fR
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| 6 | .br
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| 7 | .de FL
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| 8 | .TP
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| 9 | \\fB\\$1\\fR
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| 10 | \\$2
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| 11 | ..
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| 12 | .de EX
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| 13 | .TP 20
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| 14 | \\fB\\$1\\fR
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| 15 | # \\$2
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| 16 | ..
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| 17 | .SH OPTIONS
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| 18 | .FL "\-l" "Loud mode. Print bytes that differ (in octal)"
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| 19 | .FL "\-s" "Silent mode. Print nothing, just return exit status"
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| 20 | .SH EXAMPLES
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| 21 | .EX "cmp file1 file2" "Tell whether the files are the same"
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| 22 | .EX "cmp \-l file1 file2" "Print all corresponding bytes that differ"
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| 23 | .SH DESCRIPTION
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| 24 | .PP
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| 25 | Two files are compared.
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| 26 | If they are identical, exit status 0 is returned.
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| 27 | If they differ, exit status 1 is returned.
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| 28 | If the files cannot be opened, exit status 2 is returned.
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| 29 | If one of the file arguments is \-, then
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| 30 | \fIstdin\fR is compared to
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| 31 | the other file.
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| 32 | .SH "SEE ALSO"
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| 33 | .BR comm (1),
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| 34 | .BR diff (1).
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