NAME¶
zcmp - decompress and compare two files byte by byte
SYNOPSIS¶
zcmp [
options]
file1 [
file2]
DESCRIPTION¶
Zcmp compares two files ("-" means standard input), and if they
differ, tells the first byte and line number where they differ. Bytes and
lines are numbered starting with 1. If any given file is compressed, its
decompressed content is used. Compressed files are decompressed on the fly; no
temporary files are created.
The supported formats are bzip2, gzip, lzip and xz.
Compares <file1> to <file2>. If <file2> is omitted zcmp tries
the following:
- 1. If <file1> is compressed, compares its decompressed contents with
the corresponding uncompressed file (the name of <file1> with the
extension removed).
- 2. If <file1> is uncompressed, compares it with the decompressed
contents of <file1>.[lz|bz2|gz|xz] (the first one that is
found).
- 3. If no suitable file is found, compares <file1> with data read
from standard input.
Exit status is 0 if inputs are identical, 1 if different, 2 if trouble.
OPTIONS¶
- -h, --help
- display this help and exit
- -V, --version
- output version information and exit
- -b, --print-bytes
- print differing bytes
- --format=[<fmt1>][,<fmt2>]
- force given formats (bz2, gz, lz, xz)
- -i, --ignore-initial=<n>[,<n2>]
- ignore differences in the first <n> bytes
- -l, --list
- list position, value of all differing bytes
- -n, --bytes=<n>
- compare at most <n> bytes
- -N, --no-rcfile
- don't read runtime configuration file
- -q, --quiet
- suppress all messages
- -s, --silent
- (same as --quiet)
- -v, --verbose
- verbose mode (same as --list)
- --bz2=<command>
- set compressor and options for bzip2 format
- --gz=<command>
- set compressor and options for gzip format
- --lz=<command>
- set compressor and options for lzip format
- --xz=<command>
- set compressor and options for xz format
Numbers may be followed by a multiplier: k = kB = 10^3 = 1000, Ki = KiB = 2^10 =
1024, M = 10^6, Mi = 2^20, G = 10^9, Gi = 2^30, etc...
REPORTING BUGS¶
Report bugs to zutils-bug@nongnu.org
Zutils home page:
http://www.nongnu.org/zutils/zutils.html
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2014 Antonio Diaz Diaz. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or
later <
http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO
WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.