CMP Commands Cheat Sheet

Here is a cli commands cheat sheet for CMP command, you can use this as a quick reminder for basic commands with a brief description for each of the commands.

What is CMP command?

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# To output the byte and line number of the first difference found between two files:
cmp  

# To output the first differing char between two files:
cmp -b  

# To output every difference between two files:
cmp -b --verbose  

# To compare two files starting after the first 100 bytes:
cmp -i 100  

# To limit to 200 the number of bytes to compare:
cmp -n 200  

# To compare two files with no output - only exit status:
cmp --quiet  
    

Check out the CMP command documentation .


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