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what is the difference between  commmands cmp and diff?
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  Re: what is the difference between commmands cmp and diff?
Answer
# 1		 
The cmp command compares two files of any type and writes
the results to the standard output.  By default, cmp is
silent if the files are the same; if they differ, the byte
and line number at which the first difference occurred is
reported.

 diff command find differences between two files
 
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  Re: what is the difference between commmands cmp and diff?
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# 2		 
The cmp command compares only first diffrence between two 
file,but in case of diff will cmpare hole file diffrence.
 
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  Re: what is the difference between commmands cmp and diff?
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# 3		 
cmp compares byte by byte; diff compares line by line.
 
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