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About cmp
Compares two files and tells you
which line numbers are different.
Syntax
cmp [-c] [-i N] [-l]
[-s] [-v] firstfile secondfile
| -c |
Output differing bytes as characters. |
| -i N |
Ignore differences in the first N bytes of input. |
| -l |
Write the byte number (decimal) and the differing bytes (octal) for each difference. |
| -s |
Write nothing for differing files; return exit statuses only. |
| -v |
Output version info. |
| firstfile |
First file that you wish to compare. |
| secondfile |
Second file that you wish to
compare to. |
Examples
cmp file1.txt file2.txt
- Compares file1 to file2 and outputs results. Below is example of how
these results may look.
file.txt file2.txt differ: char 1011, line 112
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