Linux CMP Command

cmp linux command compares two files and tells you which line numbers are different in linux os.

Syntax

$cmp [option] [file_name1] [file_name2]

Sr.No	Options	Descriptions
01	-c	output differing bytes as characters.
02	-l	print the byte number(decimal) and the differing byte values(octal) for each difference.
03	-s	prints nothing for differing files,return exit status only

Returning Values

Sr.No	Options	Descriptions
01	0	file are identical
02	1	file differ
03	2	inaccessible or missing argument

Example


$cmp file1.txt file2.txt