sdiff

 

NAME

sdiff − side-by-side merge of file differences

SYNOPSIS

sdiff [OPTION]...FILE1 FILE2

DESCRIPTION

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) columns per line.

−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.

−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.

AUTHOR

Written by Thomas Lord.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-gnu-utils[AT] gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. You may redistribute copies of this program under the terms of the GNU General Public License. For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for sdiff is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If theinfo and sdiff programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info diff

should give you access to the complete manual.