GNU/Linux |
Debian 7.2.0(Wheezy) |
amd64 |
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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 differences between FILE1 and FILE2.
Mandatory
arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
too.
−o, −−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, −−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, −−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 at every NUM (default 8) print columns
−d, −−minimal
try hard to find a smaller set of changes
−H, −−speed−large−files
assume large files, many scattered small changes
−−diff−program=PROGRAM
use PROGRAM to compare files
−−help |
display this help and exit |
−v, −−version
output version information and exit
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
© 2011 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.
cmp(1), diff(1), diff3(1)
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 sdiff
should give you access to the complete manual.
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