| CMP(1) | General Commands Manual | CMP(1) |
cmp —
cmp |
[-c] [-l |
-s] file1 file2
[skip1 [skip2]] |
cmp is silent if the
files are the same; if they differ, the byte and line number at which the
first difference occurred is reported.
Bytes and lines are numbered beginning with one.
The following options are available:
-c-l flag, this can be helpful in locating
an I/O error in the underlying device.-l-sThe optional arguments skip1 and skip2 are the byte offsets from the beginning of file1 and file2, respectively, where the comparison will begin. The offset is decimal by default, but may be expressed as an hexadecimal or octal value by preceding it with a leading ``0x'' or ``0''.
cmp utility exits with one of the following values:
-s option has not been specified,
cmp writes to standard output that EOF was reached
in the shorter file (before any differences were found).cmp utility is expected to be IEEE
Std 1003.2 (“POSIX.2”) compatible.
cmp utility first appeared in
Version 1 AT&T UNIX.
| December 13, 2016 | NetBSD 9.4 |