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this command is used to compare file byte by byte and helps to find out whether the two files are identical or not

Example$ cmp file1.txt file2.txt

compare two files

Example$ cmp pavani.txt number.txt

output shows the bte numbers and nyte value for all difeering bytes.

Example$cmp -l file.txt file1.txt

output shows the bte numbers and nyte value for all difeering bytes.

Example$cmp -l file.txt file1.txt

skips fitst 3 nnumber of byte in both the files

Example$cmp -i 3 file.txt file1.txt

ignore the given number of bytes from both the files

Example$ cmp -i 15:12 file.txt file1.txt

compare 2 files without using -i (-ignore initial)

Example$cmp pavani.txt mohit.txt 3

-l shows all differing bytes. and compares only uoto 120 bytes in two files

Example$ cmp -l -n 120 pavani.txt mohit.txt

hide the output displayed

we canuse --quiet or --silent

Example$ cmp -s file.txt file1.txt

displays versiion

Example$cmp -v

displays the differing btes

Example$cmp --print bytes file.txt file1.txt

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