GNU bug report logs - #33176
cmp bug

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Package: diffutils;

Reported by: Дмитрий Маренков <marenkovdmitriy <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 15:17:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Collin Funk <collin.funk1 <at> gmail.com>

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bug#33176; Package diffutils. (Sat, 27 Oct 2018 15:17:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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From: Дмитрий Маренков
 <marenkovdmitriy <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: cmp bug
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 15:21:39 +0300

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cmp 3.6 ver in Ubuntu 18.10
cmp show byte values larger 255

example output: cmp - l file1.bin file2.bin
        6 175 374
        7 204  10
        8 174 372
        9 215  31
       10 201   3
       11 161 344
       12 205  13
       13 176 377
       14 205  12
       15 216  34
       16 206  15
       17 176 377
       18 165 353
       19 205  13
       20 173 370
       21 207  15
       22 175 374
       23 206  14
       24 170 363

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Information forwarded to bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org:
bug#33176; Package diffutils. (Sat, 27 Oct 2018 16:29:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #8 received at 33176 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: marenkovdmitriy <at> gmail.com
Cc: 33176 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#33176: cmp bug
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 16:28:07 +0000

tags 33176 notabug
close 33176
stop

On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 3:17 PM Дмитрий Маренков
<marenkovdmitriy <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> cmp 3.6 ver in Ubuntu 18.10
> cmp show byte values larger 255
>
> example output: cmp - l file1.bin file2.bin
>         6 175 374
>         7 204  10
>         8 174 372
>         9 215  31
>        10 201   3
>        11 161 344
>        12 205  13
>        13 176 377

Thanks for the report, but that is the documented behavior:

$ info cmp|grep -B1 -A2 verbose
'-l'
'--verbose'
     Output the (decimal) byte numbers and (octal) values of all
     differing bytes, instead of the default standard output.  Each
Information forwarded to bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org:
bug#33176; Package diffutils. (Sat, 27 Oct 2018 16:43:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #11 received at 33176 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Дмитрий Маренков
 <marenkovdmitriy <at> gmail.com>
To: jim <at> meyering.net
Cc: 33176 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#33176: cmp bug
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 19:41:55 +0300

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Thank you, Jim!

octal values, yes. I understood.

сб, 27 окт. 2018 г. в 19:28, Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>:

> tags 33176 notabug
> close 33176
> stop
>
> On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 3:17 PM Дмитрий Маренков
> <marenkovdmitriy <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> > cmp 3.6 ver in Ubuntu 18.10
> > cmp show byte values larger 255
> >
> > example output: cmp - l file1.bin file2.bin
> >         6 175 374
> >         7 204  10
> >         8 174 372
> >         9 215  31
> >        10 201   3
> >        11 161 344
> >        12 205  13
> >        13 176 377
>
> Thanks for the report, but that is the documented behavior:
>
> $ info cmp|grep -B1 -A2 verbose
> '-l'
> '--verbose'
>      Output the (decimal) byte numbers and (octal) values of all
>      differing bytes, instead of the default standard output.  Each
>


-- 
С уважением, Маренков Дмитрий

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Added tag(s) notabug. Request was from Collin Funk <collin.funk1 <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 11 Aug 2025 03:27:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug closed, send any further explanations to 33176 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Дмитрий Маренков <marenkovdmitriy <at> gmail.com> Request was from Collin Funk <collin.funk1 <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 11 Aug 2025 03:27:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 08 Sep 2025 11:24:11 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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