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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.