CMP(1)

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-gnu-utils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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.