NAME


mdiff - manual page for mdiff 0.5.93

SYNOPSIS


mdiff [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION


mdiff - Studies multiple files and searches for similar sequences, it then produces possibly detailed lists of differences and similarities.

Operation modes:

-h (ignored)
-v, --verbose
 report a few statistics on stderr
--help display this help and exit
--version
 output version information and exit

Formatting output:

-T, --initial-tab
 produce TAB instead of initial space
-l, --paginate
 paginate output through ‘pr’
-S, --string[=STRING]
 take note of another user STRING
-V, --show-links
 give file and line references in annotations
-t, --expand-tabs
 expand tabs to spaces in the output

Debugging:

-0, --debugging
 output many details about what is going on

Word mode options:

-1, --no-deleted
 inhibit output of deleted words
-2, --no-inserted
 inhibit output of inserted words
-3, --no-common
 inhibit output of common words
-A, --auto-pager
 automatically calls a pager
-k, --less-mode
 variation of printer mode for "less"
-m, --avoid-wraps
 do not extend fields through newlines
-o, --printer
 overstrike as for printers
-z, --terminal
 use termcap as for terminal displays
-K, --no-init-term
 like -z, but no termcap init/term strings
-O, --item-regexp=REGEXP
 compare items as defined by REGEXP
-W, --word-mode
 compare words instead of lines
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

AUTHOR


Written by Franc,ois Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>.

REPORTING BUGS


Report bugs to <wdiff-bugs@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT


Copyright © 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO


The full documentation for mdiff is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and mdiff programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info mdiff
should give you access to the complete manual.

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