# /usr/bin/env python2
import difflib
x = open('/path/to/file1', 'r').read()
y = open('/path/to/file2', 'r').read()
print 'n'.join(difflib.Differ().compare(x, y))

#!/usr/bin/env python2
import commands
import numpy as np
def run_cmp(filename1, filename2):
    cmd = 'cmp --verbose %s %s'%(filename1, filename2)
    status, output = commands.getstatusoutput(cmd) # python3 deprecated `commands` module FYI
    status = status if status < 255 else status%255
    if status > 1:
        raise RuntimeError('cmp returned with error (exitcode=%s, '
                'cmd="%s", output=n"%sn")'%(status, cmd, output))
    elif status == 1:
        is_different = True
    elif status == 0:
        is_different = False
    else:
        raise RuntimeError('invalid exitcode detected')
    return is_different, output
if __name__ == '__main__':
    # create two binary files with different values
    # file 1
    tmp1 = np.arange(10, dtype=np.uint8)
    tmp1.tofile('tmp1')
    # file 2
    tmp2 = np.arange(10, dtype=np.uint8)
    tmp2[5] = 0xFF
    tmp2.tofile('tmp2')
    # compare using the shell command 'cmp'
    is_different, output = run_cmp(filename1='tmp1', filename2='tmp2')
    print 'is_different=%s, output=n"n%sn"'%(is_different, output)