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   cmp -- compare two files 

Synopsis

   /u95/bin/cmp [-l] [-s] file1 file2 [skip1 [skip2]]

Description

   The two files are compared. (If either file1 or file2 is ``-'',
   the standard input is used.) Under default options, cmp makes no
   comment if the files are the same; if they differ, it announces
   the byte and line number at which the difference occurred. If one
   file is an initial subsequence of the other, that fact is noted.
   skip1 and skip2 are initial byte offsets into file1 and file2
   respectively, and may be either octal or decimal; the form of the
   number is determined by the environment variable LC_NUMERIC (in
   the C locale, a leading 0 denotes an octal number). (See LANG on
   environ(5) and strtol(3C).)

  Options

   -l
          Print the byte number (decimal) and the differing bytes
          (octal) for each difference.
   -s
          Print nothing for differing files; return codes only.

Files

   /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxcore.abi
          language-specific message file (see LANG on environ(5)).

Diagnostics

   On detecting end of file, cmp prints the following to standard
   error:
   UX:cmp: INFO: EOF on file

   If POSIX2 is set, the diagnostic message on end of file is
   instead:
   cmp: EOF on file

Exit codes

   Exit code 0 is returned for identical files, 1 for different
   files, and 2 for an inaccessible or missing argument.

References

   comm(1), diff(1)

Notices

   This command has been updated to handle files greater than 2GB.
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   SCO OpenServer Release 6.0.0 - 02 June 2005
   
See also cmp(1)