Reference: cmp
Author: Daniel Gilly & the Staff of O'Reilly & Associates
Date: 1998-08-06T21:52:22Z

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| Chapter 2 UNIX Commands |

## cmp

    cmp [options] file1 file2

Compare `file1` with `file2`. Use standard input if `file1` is -. See also comm and diff. The exit codes are as follows:

0 Files are identical. 1 Files are different. 2 Files are inaccessible.

### Options

-l

  For each difference, print the byte number in decimal and the differing bytes in octal.

-s

  Work silently; print nothing, but return exit codes.

### Example

Print a message if two files are the same (exit code is 0):

>     cmp -s old new && echo 'no changes'

Reference: clear |  | Reference: cof2elf