    CMP(I)                       5/15/74                       CMP(I)

    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.  Moreover, return code 0 is yielded for  identical
         files,  1  for different files, and 2 for an inaccessible or
         missing argument.

         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(I), comm(I)

    BUGS

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