diffutils 2.8.1
Summary
Description: Display line-by-line differences in text files
Source: http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/
Support
This package is available for all platforms. This package is unsupported and provided on an as-is basis.
Description
The diff command shows differences between two files, or each corresponding file in two directories. diff outputs differences between files line by line in any of several formats, selectable by command line options. This set of differences is often called a diff or patch. For files that are identical, diff normally produces no output; for binary (non-text) files, diff normally reports only that they are different.
The cmp command shows the offsets and line numbers where two files differ. cmp can also show all the characters that differ between the two files, side by side.
The diff3 command to shows differences among three files. When two people have made independent changes to a common original, diff3 can report the differences between the original and the two changed versions, and can produce a merged file that contains both persons' changes together with warnings about conflicts. The sdiff command can merge two files interactively.
Changes
2.8.1 2002-07-10
Documentation and bug fixes.
Files
Programs: cmp diff diff3 sdiff
Locales: cs da de en_GB eo es fr gl he id ja pl ru sv tr zh_TW
Man Pages: cmp(1) diff(1) diff3(1) sdiff(1)
Info Pages: diff
Accuracy
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