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) 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 are every NUM (default 8) print columns. | |
-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. |
AUTHOR
Written by Thomas Lord.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://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.
SEE ALSO
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 diff | |