CMP(1)			 HP-UX 5.0			CMP(1)

     NAME
	  cmp - compare two files

     SYNOPSIS
	  cmp [ -l ] [ -s ] file1 file2

     HP-UX COMPATIBILITY
	  Level:    HP-UX/STANDARD

	  Origin:   System V

	  Native Language Support:
		    8-bit and 16-bit data, customs, messages.

     DESCRIPTION
	  The two files are compared.  (If file1 is  -,	 the  standard
	  input	 is used.) Under default options, cmp makes no comment
	  if the files are the same; if they differ, it announces  the
	  byte	and  line number at which the difference occurred.  If
	  one file is an initial subsequence of the other,  that  fact
	  is noted.

	  Options:

	  -l	Print the byte	number	(decimal)  and	the  differing
		bytes  (octal)	for  each difference.  (Byte numbering
		begins at 1, rather than at 0 as is common.)

	  -s	Print nothing for differing files; return codes only.

     SEE ALSO
	  comm(1), diff(1).

     DIAGNOSTICS
	  Exit code 0 is returned for identical files, 1 for different
	  files, and 2 for an inaccessible or missing argument.