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NAME

       cmp - compare two files byte by byte

SYNOPSIS

       cmp [OPTION]... FILE1 [FILE2 [SKIP1 [SKIP2]]]

DESCRIPTION

       Compare two files byte by byte.

       -b  --print-bytes
              Print differing bytes.

       -i SKIP  --ignore-initial=SKIP
              Skip the first SKIP bytes of input.

       -i SKIP1:SKIP2  --ignore-initial=SKIP1:SKIP2

              Skip the first SKIP1 bytes of FILE1 and the first SKIP2 bytes of
              FILE2.

       -l  --verbose
              Output byte numbers and values of all differing bytes.

       -n LIMIT  --bytes=LIMIT
              Compare at most LIMIT bytes.

       -s  --quiet  --silent
              Output nothing; yield exit status only.

       -v  --version
              Output version info.

       --help Output this help.

       SKIP1 and SKIP2 are the number of bytes to skip  in  each  file.   SKIP
       values  may  be  followed  by the following multiplicative suffixes: kB
       1000,  K  1024,  MB  1,000,000,  M  1,048,576,  GB   1,000,000,000,   G
       1,073,741,824, and so on for T, P, E, Z, Y.

       If  a FILE is ‘-’ or missing, read standard input.  Exit status is 0 if
       inputs are the same, 1 if different, 2 if trouble.

AUTHOR

       Written by Torbjorn Granlund and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report  bugs  to:  bug-diffutils@gnu.org  GNU  diffutils   home   page:
       <http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/>   General   help   using   GNU
       software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU
       GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for cmp is maintained as a Texinfo  manual.   If
       the  info  and  cmp  programs  are properly installed at your site, the
       command

              info diff

       should give you access to the complete manual.