Manual: lzdiff

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NAME
       xzcmp, xzdiff, lzcmp, lzdiff - compare compressed files

SYNOPSIS
       xzcmp [option...]  file1 [file2]
       xzdiff ...
       lzcmp ...  (DEPRECATED)
       lzdiff ...  (DEPRECATED)

DESCRIPTION
       xzcmp  and  xzdiff compare uncompressed contents of two files.  Uncompressed data and options are passed to cmp(1) or
       diff(1) unless --help or --version is specified.

       If both file1 and file2 are specified, they can be uncompressed files  or  files	 in  formats  that  xz(1),  gzip(1),
       bzip2(1),  lzop(1),  zstd(1),  or lz4(1) can decompress.	 The required decompression commands are determined from the
       filename suffixes of file1 and file2.  A file with an unknown suffix is assumed to be either  uncompressed  or  in  a
       format that xz(1) can decompress.

       If  only	 one filename is provided, file1 must have a suffix of a supported compression format and the name for file2
       is assumed to be file1 with the compression format suffix removed.

       The commands lzcmp and lzdiff are provided for backward compatibility with LZMA Utils.  They are deprecated and	will
       be removed in a future version.

EXIT STATUS
       If a decompression error occurs, the exit status is 2.  Otherwise the exit status of cmp(1) or diff(1) is used.

SEE ALSO
       cmp(1), diff(1), xz(1), gzip(1), bzip2(1), lzop(1), zstd(1), lz4(1)

Tukaani							 2025-03-06						   XZDIFF(1)