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cmp

Compares two files byte by byte.

Prints the line and the character number where the two files diverge.

Table of contents

1. TL;DR
2. Further readings
3. Sources

TL;DR

# Print only lines present in both file1 and file2.
cmp 'path/to/file1' 'path/to/file2'

Further readings

• comm
• man page

Sources

All the references in the further readings section, plus the following:

• 6 more terminal commands you should know