cmp.1 (709B)
1 .Dd November 21, 2014 2 .Dt CMP 1 sbase\-VERSION 3 .Os 4 .Sh NAME 5 .Nm cmp 6 .Nd compare two files 7 .Sh SYNOPSIS 8 .Nm cmp 9 .Op Fl l | Fl s 10 .Ar file1 file2 11 .Sh DESCRIPTION 12 .Nm 13 compares two files byte by byte. If the files differ, 14 .Nm 15 prints the byte and 16 line number at which the difference occurred. 17 .Pp 18 .Sh OPTIONS 19 .Bl -tag -width Ds 20 .It Fl l 21 Print the byte number, and the differing bytes (in octal), for each difference. 22 .It Fl s 23 Print nothing, only returns status. 24 .El 25 .Sh EXIT STATUS 26 .Bl -tag -width Ds 27 .It 0 28 The files are identical. 29 .It 1 30 The files are different. 31 .It > 1 32 An error occured. 33 .El 34 .Sh SEE ALSO 35 .Xr comm 1 , 36 .Xr diff 1 37 .Sh STANDARDS 38 The 39 .Nm 40 utility is compliant with the 41 .St -p1003.1-2008 42 specification.