| .Dd 2015-10-08 | |
| .Dt CMP 1 | |
| .Os sbase | |
| .Sh NAME | |
| .Nm cmp | |
| .Nd compare two files | |
| .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
| .Nm | |
| .Op Fl l | Fl s | |
| .Ar file1 file2 | |
| .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
| .Nm | |
| compares | |
| .Ar file1 | |
| and | |
| .Ar file2 | |
| byte by byte. If they differ, | |
| .Nm | |
| writes the first differing byte- and line-number to stdout. | |
| .Sh OPTIONS | |
| .Bl -tag -width Ds | |
| .It Fl l | |
| Print byte-number and bytes (in octal) for each difference. | |
| .It Fl s | |
| Print nothing and only return status. | |
| .El | |
| .Sh EXIT STATUS | |
| .Bl -tag -width Ds | |
| .It 0 | |
| .Ar file1 | |
| and | |
| .Ar file2 | |
| are identical. | |
| .It 1 | |
| .Ar file1 | |
| and | |
| .Ar file2 | |
| are different. | |
| .It > 1 | |
| An error occurred. | |
| .El | |
| .Sh SEE ALSO | |
| .Xr comm 1 , | |
| .Xr diff 1 | |
| .Sh STANDARDS | |
| The | |
| .Nm | |
| utility is compliant with the | |
| .St -p1003.1-2013 | |
| specification. | |
| .Pp | |
| The "char" in the default result format has been replaced with "byte". |