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| 1 | .TH ZDIFF 1 | 
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| 2 | .SH NAME | 
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| 3 | zcmp, zdiff \- compare compressed files | 
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| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS | 
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| 5 | .B zcmp | 
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| 6 | [ cmp_options ] file1 | 
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| 7 | [ file2 ] | 
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| 8 | .br | 
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| 9 | .B zdiff | 
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| 10 | [ diff_options ] file1 | 
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| 11 | [ file2 ] | 
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| 12 | .SH DESCRIPTION | 
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| 13 | .I  Zcmp | 
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| 14 | and | 
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| 15 | .I zdiff | 
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| 16 | are used to invoke the | 
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| 17 | .I cmp | 
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| 18 | or the | 
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| 19 | .I diff | 
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| 20 | program on files compressed via | 
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| 21 | .IR gzip "." | 
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| 22 | All options specified are passed directly to | 
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| 23 | .I cmp | 
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| 24 | or | 
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| 25 | .IR diff "." | 
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| 26 | If only 1 file is specified, then the files compared are | 
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| 27 | .I file1 | 
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| 28 | and an uncompressed | 
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| 29 | .IR file1 ".gz." | 
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| 30 | If two files are specified, then they are uncompressed if necessary and fed to | 
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| 31 | .I cmp | 
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| 32 | or | 
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| 33 | .IR diff "." | 
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| 34 | The exit status from | 
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| 35 | .I cmp | 
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| 36 | or | 
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| 37 | .I diff | 
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| 38 | is preserved. | 
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| 39 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | 
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| 40 | cmp(1), diff(1), zmore(1), zgrep(1), znew(1), zforce(1), gzip(1), gzexe(1) | 
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| 41 | .SH BUGS | 
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| 42 | Messages from the | 
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| 43 | .I cmp | 
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| 44 | or | 
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| 45 | .I diff | 
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| 46 | programs refer to temporary filenames instead of those specified. | 
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