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Asked: May 17, 20262026-05-17T21:03:42+00:00 2026-05-17T21:03:42+00:00

Is there a Linux command-line app which will compare two binary files and exit

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Is there a Linux command-line app which will compare two binary files and exit on the first mis-match?

cmp doesn’t seem to have the quit opition.

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    2026-05-17T21:03:43+00:00Added an answer on May 17, 2026 at 9:03 pm

    cmp doesn’t have this option, because it always quits on the first mismatch.

    $ cmp -b /bin/ls /bin/sed
    /bin/ls /bin/sed differ: byte 25, line 1 is 320 M-P 300 M-@
    
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