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	1 .Dd October 8, 2015
	2 .Dt CMP 1
	3 .Os sbase
	4 .Sh NAME
	5 .Nm cmp
	6 .Nd compare two files
	7 .Sh SYNOPSIS
	8 .Nm
	9 .Op Fl l \| Fl s
	10 .Ar file1 file2
	11 .Sh DESCRIPTION
	12 .Nm
	13 compares
	14 .Ar file1
	15 and
	16 .Ar file2
	17 byte by byte.
	18 If they differ,
	19 .Nm
	20 writes the first differing byte- and line-number to stdout.
	21 .Sh OPTIONS
	22 .Bl -tag -width Ds
	23 .It Fl l
	24 Print byte-number and bytes (in octal) for each difference.
	25 .It Fl s
	26 Print nothing and only return status.
	27 .El
	28 .Sh EXIT STATUS
	29 .Bl -tag -width Ds
	30 .It 0
	31 .Ar file1
	32 and
	33 .Ar file2
	34 are identical.
	35 .It 1
	36 .Ar file1
	37 and
	38 .Ar file2
	39 are different.
	40 .It > 1
	41 An error occurred.
	42 .El
	43 .Sh SEE ALSO
	44 .Xr comm 1 ,
	45 .Xr diff 1
	46 .Sh STANDARDS
	47 The
	48 .Nm
	49 utility is compliant with the
	50 .St -p1003.1-2013
	51 specification.
	52 .Pp
	53 The "char" in the default result format has been replaced with "byte".