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# xzcmp

> Invokes `cmp` on files compressed with `xz`, `lzma`, `gzip`, `bzip2`, `lzop`, or `zstd`.
> All options specified are passed directly to `cmp`.
> More information: <https://manned.org/xzcmp>.

- Compare two specific files:

`xzcmp {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}`