Talk:How Do I: A Linux Q&A

compare binary files

cmp -l file1.bin file2.bin |
    mawk 'function oct2dec(oct,    dec) {
              for (i = 1; i <= length(oct); i++) {
                  dec *= 8;
                  dec += substr(oct, i, 1)
              };
              return dec
          }
          {
              printf "%08X %02X %02X\n", $1, oct2dec($2), oct2dec($3)
          }'