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18.Dd $Mdocdate: August 28 2017 $
19.Dt DIFF 1
20.Os
21.Sh NAME
22.Nm diff
23.Nd compare files
24.Sh SYNOPSIS
25.Nm diff
26.Ar file1 file2
27.Sh DESCRIPTION
28The
29.Nm
30utility compares the contents of
31.Ar file1
32and
33.Ar file2
34line by line.
35.Sh EXIT STATUS
36The
37.Nm
38utility exits with one of the following values:
39.Pp
40.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
41.It 0
42No differences were found.
43.It 1
44Differences were found.
45.It >1
46An error occurred.
47.El
48