From 46439007cf417cbd9ac8049bb4122c890097a0fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Charles.Forsyth" Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 20:52:35 +0000 Subject: 20060303-partial --- man/1/cmp | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man/1/cmp (limited to 'man/1/cmp') diff --git a/man/1/cmp b/man/1/cmp new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9615c0b7 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/1/cmp @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +.TH CMP 1 +.SH NAME +cmp \- compare two files +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B cmp +[ +.B \-lsL +] +.I file1 file2 +[ +.I offset1 +[ +.I offset2 +] +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +The two files are +compared. +A diagnostic results if the contents differ, otherwise +there is no output. +By default, +.B cmp +prints the byte number of the first differing byte. +.PP +The options are: +.TP +.B -l +Print the byte number (decimal) and the +differing bytes (hexadecimal) for each difference. +.TP +.B -s +Print nothing for differing files, +but set the exit status. +.TP +.B -L +Print the line number of the first differing byte. +.PP +If offsets are given, +comparison starts at the designated byte position +of the corresponding file. +Offsets that begin with +.B 0x +are hexadecimal; +with +.BR 0 , +octal; with anything else, decimal. +.SH SOURCE +.B /appl/cmd/cmp.b +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR diff (1) -- cgit v1.2.3