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.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.40.4.
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.TH SDIFF "1" "May 2017" "diffutils 3.6" "User Commands"
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.SH NAME
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sdiff \- side-by-side merge of file differences
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B sdiff
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[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIFILE1 FILE2\fR
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Side\-by\-side merge of differences between FILE1 and FILE2.
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.PP
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Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
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.TP
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\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR=\fIFILE\fR
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operate interactively, sending output to FILE
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.TP
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\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-case\fR
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consider upper\- and lower\-case to be the same
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.TP
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\fB\-E\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-tab\-expansion\fR
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ignore changes due to tab expansion
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.TP
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\fB\-Z\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-trailing\-space\fR
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ignore white space at line end
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.TP
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\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-space\-change\fR
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ignore changes in the amount of white space
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.TP
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\fB\-W\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-all\-space\fR
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ignore all white space
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.TP
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\fB\-B\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-blank\-lines\fR
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ignore changes whose lines are all blank
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.TP
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\fB\-I\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-matching\-lines\fR=\fIRE\fR
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ignore changes all whose lines match RE
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.TP
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\fB\-\-strip\-trailing\-cr\fR
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strip trailing carriage return on input
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.TP
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\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-text\fR
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treat all files as text
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.TP
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\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-width\fR=\fINUM\fR
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output at most NUM (default 130) print columns
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.TP
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\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-left\-column\fR
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output only the left column of common lines
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.TP
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\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-suppress\-common\-lines\fR
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do not output common lines
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.TP
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\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-expand\-tabs\fR
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expand tabs to spaces in output
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.TP
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\fB\-\-tabsize\fR=\fINUM\fR
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tab stops at every NUM (default 8) print columns
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.TP
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\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-minimal\fR
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try hard to find a smaller set of changes
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.TP
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\fB\-H\fR, \fB\-\-speed\-large\-files\fR
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assume large files, many scattered small changes
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.TP
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\fB\-\-diff\-program\fR=\fIPROGRAM\fR
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use PROGRAM to compare files
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.TP
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\fB\-\-help\fR
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display this help and exit
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.TP
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\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
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output version information and exit
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.PP
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If a FILE is '\-', read standard input.
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Exit status is 0 if inputs are the same, 1 if different, 2 if trouble.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Written by Thomas Lord.
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.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
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Report bugs to: bug\-diffutils@gnu.org
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.br
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GNU diffutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/>
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.br
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General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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Copyright \(co 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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.br
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
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There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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cmp(1), diff(1), diff3(1)
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.PP
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The full documentation for
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.B sdiff
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is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
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.B info
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and
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.B sdiff
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programs are properly installed at your site, the command
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.IP
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.B info sdiff
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.PP
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should give you access to the complete manual.
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