sdiff
side-by-side merge of file differences
see also :
cmp - diff - diff3
Synopsis
sdiff
[OPTION]... FILE1 FILE2
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description
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.
copyright
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.
reporting bugs
Report bugs to: bug-diffutils[:at:]gnu[:dot:]org
GNU diffutils home page:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/>
General help using GNU software:
<http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
see also
cmp ,
diff , diff3
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.
author
Written by
Thomas Lord.