cmp

Compare two files byte by byte.

More information.

• 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}

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