.Dd $Mdocdate: September 22 2015 $
.Dt CMP 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm cmp
.Nd compare two files
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm cmp
.Op Fl l | s
.Ar file1 file2
.Op Ar skip1 Op Ar skip2
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Note the following aspects:
.Bl -dash
.It
The vertical bar indicating the alternative is not escaped in any way.
.It
After the vertical bar (middle punctuation), the previous line macro,
.Ic \&Fl
in this case, does not need to be repeated but resumes automatically.
.It
Enclosure macros extending to the end of the line, in this case
.Ic \&Op
which is also the most important macro of this kind, nest naturally.