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
-
-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.
Written by Thomas Lord.
Report bugs to:
[email protected]
GNU diffutils home page: <
https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/>
General help using GNU software: <
https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Copyright © 2021 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.
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.