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.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.47.16.
-.TH ZCMP "1" "April 2022" "zutils 1.12-pre2" "User Commands"
+.TH ZCMP "1" "December 2022" "zutils 1.12-rc1" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
zcmp \- decompress and compare two files byte by byte
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ output version information and exit
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-print\-bytes\fR
print differing bytes
.TP
+\fB\-H\fR, \fB\-\-hexadecimal\fR
+print hexadecimal values instead of octal
+.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-initial=\fR<n>[:<n2>]
ignore differences in the first <n> bytes
.TP
@@ -53,16 +56,16 @@ compare at most <n> bytes
don't read runtime configuration file
.TP
\fB\-O\fR, \fB\-\-force\-format\fR=\fI\,[\/\fR<f1>][,<f2>]
-force the formats given (bz2,gz,lz,xz,zst)
+force one or both input formats
.TP
-\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
-suppress all messages
+\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR, \fB\-\-silent\fR
+suppress diagnostics written to stderr
.TP
-\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-silent\fR
-(same as \fB\-\-quiet\fR)
+\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-script\fR
+suppress messages about file differences
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
-verbose mode (same as \fB\-\-list\fR)
+verbose mode (opposite of \fB\-\-quiet\fR)
.TP
\fB\-\-bz2=\fR<command>
set compressor and options for bzip2 format
@@ -79,8 +82,13 @@ set compressor and options for xz format
\fB\-\-zst=\fR<command>
set compressor and options for zstd format
.PP
-Numbers may be followed by a multiplier: k = kB = 10^3 = 1000,
-Ki = KiB = 2^10 = 1024, M = 10^6, Mi = 2^20, G = 10^9, Gi = 2^30, etc...
+Valid formats for options '\-M' and '\-O' are 'bz2', 'gz', 'lz', 'xz', 'zst',
+and 'un' for uncompressed.
+.PP
+Byte counts given as arguments to options may be expressed in decimal,
+hexadecimal, or octal (using the same syntax as integer constants in C++),
+and may be followed by a multiplier: k = kB = 10^3 = 1000,
+Ki = KiB = 2^10 = 1024, M = 10^6, Mi = 2^20, G = 10^9, Gi = 2^30, etc.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to zutils\-bug@nongnu.org
.br