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sdiff(1) |
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sdiff − side-by-side merge of file differences
sdiff [OPTION]... FILE1 FILE2
Side−by−side
merge of file differences.
−o FILE
−−output=FILE
Operate interactively, sending output to FILE.
−i −−ignore−case
Consider upper− and lower−case to be the same.
−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.
−w NUM −−width=NUM
Output at most NUM (default 130) print columns.
−l −−left−column
Output only the left column of common lines.
−s −−suppress−common−lines
Do not output common lines.
−t −−expand−tabs
Expand tabs to spaces in output.
−−tabsize=NUM
Tab stops are every NUM (default 8) print columns.
−d −−minimal
Try hard to find a smaller set of changes.
−H −−speed−large−files
Assume large files and many scattered small changes.
−−diff−program=PROGRAM
Use PROGRAM to compare files.
−v −−version
Output version info.
−−help |
Output this help. |
If a FILE is ’−’, read standard input. Exit status is 0 if inputs are the same, 1 if different, 2 if trouble.
Written by Thomas Lord.
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
© 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.
The full documentation for sdiff is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and sdiff programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info diff
should give you access to the complete manual.
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