cmp(1)                                                        cmp(1)


       NAME
             cmp - compare two files

       SYNOPSIS
             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.

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

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

       REFERENCES
             comm(1), diff(1)













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