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what is the difference between cmp and diff commands

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what is the difference between cmp and diff commands..

Answer / supreetha

cmp--> shows the first difference in the files

diff--> shows all the differences in the files

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what is the difference between cmp and diff commands..

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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