cmp

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

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/cmp.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install diffutils
Ubuntu
apt-get install diffutils
Alpine
apk add diffutils
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S diffutils
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install diffutils
CentOS
yum install diffutils
Fedora
dnf install diffutils
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install diffutils
OS X
brew install diffutils
Raspbian
apt-get install diffutils
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/cmp cmp powered by Commando

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

  • Output char and line number of the first difference between two files:
    cmp path/to/file1 path/to/file2
  • Output info of the first difference: char, line number, bytes, and values:
    cmp --print-bytes path/to/file1 path/to/file2
  • Output the byte numbers and values of every difference:
    cmp --verbose path/to/file1 path/to/file2
  • Compare files but output nothing, yield only the exit status:
    cmp --quiet path/to/file1 path/to/file2

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