tldr/pages/common/cmp.md

cmp

Compare two files byte by byte. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/manual/html_node/Invoking-cmp.html.

• Find the byte and line number of the first difference between two files:

cmp {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}

• Find the byte number and differing bytes of every difference:

cmp -l {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}