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ZDIFF(1)                                       General Commands Manual                                       ZDIFF(1)



NAME
       zcmp, zdiff - compare compressed files

SYNOPSIS
       zcmp [ cmp_options ] file1 [ file2 ]
       zdiff [ diff_options ] file1 [ file2 ]

DESCRIPTION
       Zcmp and zdiff are used to invoke the cmp or the diff program on files compressed via gzip.  All options spec‐
       ified are passed directly to cmp or diff.  If only 1 file is specified, then the files compared are file1  and
       an  uncompressed file1.gz.  If two files are specified, then they are uncompressed if necessary and fed to cmp
       or diff.  The exit status from cmp or diff is preserved.

SEE ALSO
       cmp(1), diff(1), zmore(1), zgrep(1), znew(1), zforce(1), gzip(1), gzexe(1)

BUGS
       Messages from the cmp or diff programs refer to temporary filenames instead of those specified.



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