NAME

cmp − compare two files

SYNOPSIS

­cmp [ ­−lsL ] ­file1 file2 [ ­offset1 [ ­offset2 ] ]

DESCRIPTION

The two files are compared.  A diagnostic results if the contents differ, otherwise there is no output.  By default, ­cmp prints the byte number of the first differing byte. 

The options are:

­-l Print the byte number (decimal) and the differing bytes (hexadecimal) for each difference. 

­-s Print nothing for differing files, but set the exit status. 

­-L Print the line number of the first differing byte. 

If offsets are given, comparison starts at the designated byte position of the corresponding file.  Offsets that begin with ­0x are hexadecimal; with 0, octal; with anything else, decimal. 

SOURCE

­/appl/cmd/cmp.b

SEE ALSO

diff(1)

Plan 9  —  June 29, 2000