#!/bin/bash ARGS=2 # Two args to script expected. E_BADARGS=65 E_UNREADABLE=66 if [ $# -ne "$ARGS" ] then echo "Usage: `basename $0` file1 file2" exit $E_BADARGS fi if [[ ! -r "$1" || ! -r "$2" ]] then echo "Both files to be compared must exist and be readable." exit $E_UNREADABLE fi cmp $1 $2 &> /dev/null # /dev/null buries the output of the "cmp" command. # cmp -s $1 $2 has same result ("-s" silent flag to "cmp") # Thank you Anders Gustavsson for pointing this out. # # Also works with 'diff', i.e., diff $1 $2 &> /dev/null if [ $? -eq 0 ] # Test exit status of "cmp" command. then echo "File \"$1\" is identical to file \"$2\"." else echo "File \"$1\" differs from file \"$2\"." fi exit 0
