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45 .Op Ar skip1 Op Ar skip2
49 utility compares two files of any type and writes the results
50 to the standard output.
53 is silent if the files are the same; if they differ, the byte
54 and line number at which the first difference occurred is reported.
56 Bytes and lines are numbered beginning with one.
58 The following options are available:
59 .Bl -tag -width indent
61 Do not follow symbolic links.
63 Print the byte number (decimal) and the differing
64 byte values (octal) for each difference.
66 Print nothing for differing files; return exit
71 but prints in hexadecimal and using zero as index
72 for the first byte in the files.
74 For regular files compare file sizes first, and fail the comparison if they
78 The optional arguments
82 are the byte offsets from the beginning of
86 respectively, where the comparison will begin.
87 The offset is decimal by default, but may be expressed as a hexadecimal
88 or octal value by preceding it with a leading ``0x'' or ``0''.
92 utility exits with one of the following values:
95 The files are identical.
97 The files are different; this includes the case
98 where one file is identical to the first part of
100 In the latter case, if the
102 option has not been specified,
104 writes to standard error that EOF was reached in the shorter
105 file (before any differences were found).
115 utility is expected to be
123 options are extensions to the standard.