cmp(1): Add EXAMPLES section
Add a small number of examples depicting the use of -l, -z and byte offsets Approved by: 0mp@
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.\" @(#)cmp.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd June 16, 2020
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.Dd June 20, 2020
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.Dt CMP 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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An error occurred.
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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Assuming a file named example.txt with the following contents:
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Assuming a file named
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.Pa example.txt
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with the following contents:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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a
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b
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c
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Compare stdin with example.txt:
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Compare stdin with
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.Pa example.txt :
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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$ echo -e "a\\nb\\nc" | cmp - example.txt
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Same as above but introducing a change in byte three in stdin.
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Same as above but introducing a change in the third byte of stdin.
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Show the byte number (decimal) and differing byte (octal):
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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$ echo -e "a\\nR\\nc" | cmp -l - example.txt
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3 122 142
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Compare example.txt and /boot/loader.conf exiting if size differs.
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Compare file sizes of
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.Pa example.txt
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and
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.Pa /boot/loader.conf
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and return 1 if they are not equal.
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Note that
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.Fl z
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can only be used with regular files:
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example.txt /boot/loader.conf differ: size
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Compare stdin with file example.txt omitting the 4 first bytes from stdin and
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the 2 first bytes from example.txt:
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Compare stdin with
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.Pa example.txt
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omitting the first 4 bytes from stdin and the first 2 bytes from
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.Pa example.txt :
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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$ echo -e "a\\nR\\nb\\nc" | cmp - example.txt 4 2
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.Ed
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