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+## Name
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+cmp - compare files
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+## Synopsis
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+```**sh
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+$ cmp [options...] file1 file2
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+```
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+## Description
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+Compare two files and report the location of any differences. By default, execution stops after the first difference, but this can be overridden (see `--verbose` option). Byte and line numbers start at 1.
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+## Options
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+* `--help`: Display help message and exit
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+* `-l`, `--verbose`: Output the byte number, and the differing bytes, for every difference.
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+* `-s`, `--silent`: Silence output.
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+## Arguments
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+* `file1` and `file2`: Files to compare. Use `-` as the file name to read from standard input.
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+## Exit status
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+* 0 - Files are identical.
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+* 1 - Files are different.
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+* 2 - An error occurred.
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