NAME

cmp - compare two files


SYNOPSIS

cmp file1 [file2]


DESCRIPTION

File1 is compared line-by-line with file2.
If any lines differ, cmp announces the line number and prints
each file's offending line.

If only 1 filename is given, the standard input is used as
file2.


FILES

None


SEE ALSO

diff, comm



DIAGNOSTICS

If the end of one file is reached before the end of the other, a
message is printed.


AUTHORS

Original by Kernighan and Plauger, with
minor modifications made by Debbie Scherrer (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory).


BUGS/DEFICIENCIES


Cmp cannot handle offset lines: line n of file1
is simply compared to line n of file2.

Blanks are significant.