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	1 .TH CMP 1
	2 .SH NAME
	3 cmp \- compare two files
	4 .SH SYNOPSIS
	5 .B cmp
	6 [
	7 .B -lsL
	8 ]
	9 .I file1 file2
	10 [
	11 .I offset1
	12 [
	13 .I offset2
	14 ]
	15 ]
	16 .SH DESCRIPTION
	17 The two files are
	18 compared.
	19 A diagnostic results if the contents differ, otherwise
	20 there is no output.
	21 .PP
	22 The options are:
	23 .TP
	24 .B l
	25 Print the byte number (decimal) and the
	26 differing bytes (hexadecimal) for each difference.
	27 .TP
	28 .B s
	29 Print nothing for differing files,
	30 but set the exit status.
	31 .TP
	32 .B L
	33 Print the line number of the first differing byte.
	34 .PP
	35 If offsets are given,
	36 comparison starts at the designated byte position
	37 of the corresponding file.
	38 Offsets that begin with
	39 .B 0x
	40 are hexadecimal;
	41 with
	42 .BR 0 ,
	43 octal; with anything else, decimal.
	44 .SH SOURCE
	45 .B \*9/src/cmd/cmp.c
	46 .SH "SEE ALSO"
	47 .IR diff (1)
	48 .SH DIAGNOSTICS
	49 If a file is inaccessible or missing, the exit status is
	50 .LR open .
	51 If the files are the same, the exit status is empty (true).
	52 If they are the same except that one is longer than the other, the exit …
	53 .LR EOF .
	54 Otherwise
	55 .I cmp
	56 reports the position of the first disagreeing byte and the exit status is
	57 .LR differ .