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sdiff

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side-by-side merge of file differences

User commands20 optionsdiffutils 1:3.10-4
sdiff [OPTION]... FILE1 FILE2

Options

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-o--outputFILE

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

-Z--ignore-trailing-space

ignore white space at line end

-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-linesRE

ignore changes all whose lines match RE

--strip-trailing-cr

strip trailing carriage return on input

-a--text

treat all files as text

-w--widthNUM

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

--tabsizeNUM

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-programPROGRAM

use PROGRAM to compare files

--help

display this help and exit

-v--version

output version information and exit

DESCRIPTION

Side-by-side merge of differences between FILE1 and FILE2.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

operate interactively, sending output to FILE
consider upper- and lower-case to be the same
ignore changes due to tab expansion
ignore white space at line end
ignore changes in the amount of white space
ignore all white space
ignore changes whose lines are all blank
ignore changes all whose lines match RE
strip trailing carriage return on input
treat all files as text
output at most NUM (default 130) print columns
output only the left column of common lines
do not output common lines
expand tabs to spaces in output
tab stops at every NUM (default 8) print columns
try hard to find a smaller set of changes
assume large files, many scattered small changes
use PROGRAM to compare files
display this help and exit
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.

AUTHOR

Written by Thomas Lord.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to: bug-diffutils@gnu.org
GNU diffutils home page: https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/
General help using GNU software: https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/

See also