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DIFF

DIFF

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
AUTHOR
REPORTING BUGS
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO

NAME

diff − compare files line by line

SYNOPSIS

diff [OPTION]... FILES

DESCRIPTION

Compare files line by line.
−i −−ignore−case

Ignore case differences in file contents.

−−ignore−file−name−case

Ignore case when comparing file names.

−−no−ignore−file−name−case

Consider case when comparing file names.

−E −−ignore−tab−expansion

Ignore changes due to tab expansion.

−b −−ignore−space−change

Ignore changes in the amount of white space.

−w −−ignore−all−space

Ignore all white space.

−B −−ignore−blank−lines

Ignore changes whose lines are all blank.

−I RE −−ignore−matching−lines=RE

Ignore changes whose lines all match RE.

−−strip−trailing−cr

Strip trailing carriage return on input.

−a −−text

Treat all files as text.

−c −C NUM −−context[=NUM]

Output NUM (default 3) lines of copied context.

−u −U NUM −−unified[=NUM]

Output NUM (default 3) lines of unified context.

−−label LABEL

Use LABEL instead of file name.

−p −−show−c−function

Show which C function each change is in.

−F RE −−show−function−line=RE

Show the most recent line matching RE.

−q −−brief

Output only whether files differ.

−e −−ed

Output an ed script.

−−normal

Output a normal diff.

−n −−rcs

Output an RCS format diff.

−y −−side−by−side

Output in two columns.

−W NUM −−width=NUM

Output at most NUM (default 130) print columns.

−−left−column

Output only the left column of common lines.

−−suppress−common−lines

Do not output common lines.

−D NAME −−ifdef=NAME

Output merged file to show ’#ifdef NAME’ diffs.

−−GTYPE−group−format=GFMT

Similar, but format GTYPE input groups with GFMT.

−−line−format=LFMT

Similar, but format all input lines with LFMT.

−−LTYPE−line−format=LFMT

Similar, but format LTYPE input lines with LFMT.

LTYPE is ’old’, ’new’, or ’unchanged’.

GTYPE is LTYPE or ’changed’.

GFMT may contain:

%<

lines from FILE1

%>

lines from FILE2

%=

lines common to FILE1 and FILE2

%[−][WIDTH][.[PREC]]{doxX}LETTER

printf−style spec for LETTER

LETTERs are as follows for new group, lower case for old group:

F

first line number

L

last line number

N

number of lines = L−F+1

E

F−1

M

L+1

LFMT may contain:

%L

contents of line

%l

contents of line, excluding any trailing newline

%[−][WIDTH][.[PREC]]{doxX}n

printf−style spec for input line number

Either GFMT or LFMT may contain:

%%

%

%c’C’

the single character C

%c’\OOO’

the character with octal code OOO

−l −−paginate

Pass the output through ’pr’ to paginate it.

−t −−expand−tabs

Expand tabs to spaces in output.

−T −−initial−tab

Make tabs line up by prepending a tab.

−−tabsize=NUM

Tab stops are every NUM (default 8) print columns.

−−suppress−blank−empty

Suppress space or tab before empty output lines.

−r −−recursive

Recursively compare any subdirectories found.

−N −−new−file

Treat absent files as empty.

−−unidirectional−new−file

Treat absent first files as empty.

−s −−report−identical−files

Report when two files are the same.

−x PAT −−exclude=PAT

Exclude files that match PAT.

−X FILE −−exclude−from=FILE

Exclude files that match any pattern in FILE.

−S FILE −−starting−file=FILE

Start with FILE when comparing directories.

−−from−file=FILE1

Compare FILE1 to all operands. FILE1 can be a directory.

−−to−file=FILE2

Compare all operands to FILE2. FILE2 can be a directory.

−−horizon−lines=NUM

Keep NUM lines of the common prefix and suffix.

−d −−minimal

Try hard to find a smaller set of changes.

−−speed−large−files

Assume large files and many scattered small changes.

−v −−version

Output version info.

−−help

Output this help.

FILES are ’FILE1 FILE2’ or ’DIR1 DIR2’ or ’DIR FILE...’ or ’FILE... DIR’. If −−from−file or −−to−file is given, there are no restrictions on FILES. If a FILE is ’−’, read standard input. Exit status is 0 if inputs are the same, 1 if different, 2 if trouble.

AUTHOR

Written by Paul Eggert, Mike Haertel, David Hayes, Richard Stallman, and Len Tower.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to: bug−diffutils@gnu.org GNU diffutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/> General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for diff is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and diff programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info diff

should give you access to the complete manual.



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