Linux: Compare if two files are the same

Quick script I wrote in my .bashrc to check if two files are the same:

#md5sum

function md5comp()

{

    a=$(md5sum $1 | awk '{print $1}')

    b=$(md5sum $2 | awk '{print $1}')

    echo "Comparing $1 and $2"

    [ "$a" = "$b" ] && echo  "Equal" || echo "Not Equal"

}

Usage:

$ md5comp filea.txt fileb.txt

Comparing filea.txt and fileb.txt

Equal