what is the difference between cmp and diff commands
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Answer / supreetha
cmp--> shows the first difference in the files
diff--> shows all the differences in the files
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Answer / srikanth
cmp - It will compare files byte by byte
Ex: cmp text text1
text text1 differ: byte 2, line 1
diff - It will compare files line by line
If there are any differences in the file. Then it will print
to stdout along with all lines
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