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.Dd November 21, 2014
.Dt CMP 1
.Os sbase
.Sh NAME
.Nm cmp
.Nd compare two files
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl l | Fl s
.Ar file1 file2
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
compares two files byte by byte. If the files differ,
.Nm
prints the byte and
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line number at which the difference occurred.
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl l
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Print the byte number, and the differing bytes (in octal), for each difference.
.It Fl s
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Print nothing, only returns status.
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It 0
The files are identical.
.It 1
The files are different.
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.It > 1
An error occured.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr comm 1 ,
.Xr diff 1
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm
utility is compliant with the
.St -p1003.1-2008
specification.