NAME
wdiff - display word differences between text files
SYNOPSIS
wdiff [OPTION]... FILE1 FILE2
DESCRIPTION
wdiff - Compares words in two files and report differences.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
| -A, --ansi-red-green | |
| highlight deleted text in red, added text in green; using ansi terminal codes | |
| -B, --bold-inserted | |
| mark inserted text in bold; using ansi terminal codes | |
| -C, --copyright | |
| print copyright then exit | |
| -K, --no-init-term | |
| like -t, but no termcap init/term strings | |
| -L dummy, --label=dummy | |
| dummy option for diff compatibility | |
| -P, --punctuation | |
| treat punctuation (ispunct()) like whitespace (isspace()) | |
| -U, --underline-deleted | |
| underline deleted text; using ansi terminal codes | |
| -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 | |
| -cN, --context=N | |
| like -3, but only print N lines of context around each difference. Context blocks are seperated by a horizontal line, and are preceeded by a line of the format ’=== LLL,RRR ===’, where LLL and RRR are current line numbers in the left and right file, respectively. | |
| -h, --help | print this help |
| -i, --ignore-case | |
| fold character case while comparing | |
| -l, --less-mode | |
| variation of printer mode for "less" | |
| -n, --avoid-wraps | |
| do not extend fields through newlines | |
| -p, --printer | |
| overstrike as for printers | |
| -s, --statistics | |
| say how many words deleted, inserted etc. | |
| -t, --terminal | |
| use termcap as for terminal displays | |
| -v, --version | |
| print program version then exit | |
| -w, --start-delete=STRING | |
| string to mark beginning of delete region; default ’[-’ | |
| -x, --end-delete=STRING | |
| string to mark end of delete region; default ’-]’ | |
| -y, --start-insert=STRING | |
| string to mark beginning of insert region; default ’{+’ | |
| -z, --end-insert=STRING | |
| string to mark end of insert region; default ’+}’ | |
AUTHOR
Written by Franc,ois Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>. Patches by Hans Lermen (1994), Juergen Weigert <jw@suse.de>
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <wdiff-bugs@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 1992, 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 wdiff is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and wdiff programs are properly installed at your site, the command
| info wdiff | |
