sdiff
(1)side-by-side merge of file differences
Options
20-o--outputFILEoperate interactively, sending output to FILE
-i--ignore-caseconsider upper- and lower-case to be the same
-E--ignore-tab-expansionignore changes due to tab expansion
-Z--ignore-trailing-spaceignore white space at line end
-b--ignore-space-changeignore changes in the amount of white space
-W--ignore-all-spaceignore all white space
-B--ignore-blank-linesignore changes whose lines are all blank
-I--ignore-matching-linesREignore changes all whose lines match RE
--strip-trailing-crstrip trailing carriage return on input
-a--texttreat all files as text
-w--widthNUMoutput at most NUM (default 130) print columns
-l--left-columnoutput only the left column of common lines
-s--suppress-common-linesdo not output common lines
-t--expand-tabsexpand tabs to spaces in output
--tabsizeNUMtab stops at every NUM (default 8) print columns
-d--minimaltry hard to find a smaller set of changes
-H--speed-large-filesassume large files, many scattered small changes
--diff-programPROGRAMuse PROGRAM to compare files
--helpdisplay this help and exit
-v--versionoutput 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.
- -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
- -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-lines=RE
- ignore changes all whose lines 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.
AUTHOR
REPORTING BUGS
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License
GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
https://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.