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NAME		cmp -- compare two files
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SYNOPSIS	cmp\b\b\b___ file\e91\e8 file\e92\e8
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DESCRIPTION	The two files are
compared for identical contents.
Discrepancies are noted
by giving the offset and the differing words,
all in octal.
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FILES		--
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SEE ALSO	proof(I)
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DIAGNOSTICS	Messages
are given for inability to open either argument, premature
EOF on either argument, and incorrect usage.
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BUGS		If
the shorter of the two files is of odd length,
cmp acts as if a null byte had been appended to it.
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	4	NAME cmp -- compare two files
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	7	SYNOPSIS cmp\b\b\b___ file\e91\e8 file\e92\e8
	8	.sp
	9	.ti 0
	10	DESCRIPTION The two files are
	11	compared for identical contents.
	12	Discrepancies are noted
	13	by giving the offset and the differing words,
	14	all in octal.
	15	.sp
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	17	FILES --
	18	.sp
	19	.ti 0
	20	SEE ALSO proof(I)
	21	.sp
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	23	DIAGNOSTICS Messages
	24	are given for inability to open either argument, premature
	25	EOF on either argument, and incorrect usage.
	26	.sp
	27	.ti 0
	28	BUGS If
	29	the shorter of the two files is of odd length,
	30	cmp acts as if a null byte had been appended to it.