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.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.40.4.
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.TH CMP "1" "May 2017" "diffutils 3.6" "User Commands"
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.SH NAME
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cmp \- compare two files byte by byte
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B cmp
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[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIFILE1 \fR[\fIFILE2 \fR[\fISKIP1 \fR[\fISKIP2\fR]]]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Compare two files byte by byte.
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.PP
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The optional SKIP1 and SKIP2 specify the number of bytes to skip
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at the beginning of each file (zero by default).
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.PP
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Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
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.TP
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\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-print\-bytes\fR
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print differing bytes
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.TP
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\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-initial\fR=\fISKIP\fR
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skip first SKIP bytes of both inputs
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.TP
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\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-initial\fR=\fISKIP1\fR:SKIP2
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skip first SKIP1 bytes of FILE1 and
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first SKIP2 bytes of FILE2
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.TP
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\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
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output byte numbers and differing byte values
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.TP
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\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-bytes\fR=\fILIMIT\fR
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compare at most LIMIT bytes
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.TP
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\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR, \fB\-\-silent\fR
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suppress all normal output
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.TP
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\fB\-\-help\fR
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display this help and exit
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.TP
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\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
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output version information and exit
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.PP
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SKIP values may be followed by the following multiplicative suffixes:
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kB 1000, K 1024, MB 1,000,000, M 1,048,576,
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GB 1,000,000,000, G 1,073,741,824, and so on for T, P, E, Z, Y.
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.PP
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If a FILE is '\-' or missing, read standard input.
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Exit status is 0 if inputs are the same, 1 if different, 2 if trouble.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Written by Torbjorn Granlund and David MacKenzie.
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.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
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Report bugs to: bug\-diffutils@gnu.org
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.br
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GNU diffutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/>
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.br
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General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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Copyright \(co 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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.br
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
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There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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diff(1), diff3(1), sdiff(1)
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.PP
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The full documentation for
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.B cmp
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is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
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.B info
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and
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.B cmp
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programs are properly installed at your site, the command
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.IP
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.B info cmp
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.PP
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should give you access to the complete manual.
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