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Re:Finding CSV files that start with a BOM using ripgrep by xorcist on Saturday May 29, 2021 @07:40AM (#27324605)
The cmp in coreutils understands:

  -n, --bytes=LIMIT   compare at most LIMIT bytes
so head is not really necessary:

  find . -name '*.csv' -type f -exec cmp -sn 3 {} bom.dat \; -print
Using -exec as a filter is a nice feature more people should use. That -type was put there just to avoid directories.
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