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    CMP(1)		    UNIX Programmer's Manual		   CMP(1)

    NAME
         cmp - compare two files

    SYNOPSIS
         cmp [ -l ] [ -s ] file1 file2

    DESCRIPTION
         The two files are compared.  (If file1 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.

         Options:

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

         -s    Print nothing for differing files; return codes only.

    SEE ALSO
         diff(1), comm(1)

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

    Printed 11/26/99	 April 29, 1985                         1

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