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Linux / Unix main page 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 Related commands comm
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