26 lines
561 B
Groff
26 lines
561 B
Groff
.TH CMP 1 sbase\-VERSION
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.SH NAME
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CMP \- compare two files
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B cmp
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.RB [ \-ls ]
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.RI file1
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.RI file2
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B cmp
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compares two files byte by byte. If the files differ, cmp prints the byte and
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line number at which the difference occurred.
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.P
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The status code is 0 if the files are identical, and 1 if not. If an error
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occurred the status code is 2.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.B \-l
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prints the byte number, and the differing bytes (in octal), for each difference.
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.TP
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.B \-s
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prints nothing, only returns status.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.IR comm (1),
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.IR diff (1)
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