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.TH SDIFF "1" "April 2004" "diffutils 2.8.7" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
sdiff \- side-by-side merge of file differences
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sdiff
[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIFILE1 FILE2\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
Side-by-side merge of file differences.
.TP
\fB\-o\fR FILE  \fB\-\-output\fR=\fIFILE\fR
Operate interactively, sending output to FILE.
.TP
\fB\-i\fR  \fB\-\-ignore\-case\fR
Consider upper- and lower-case to be the same.
.TP
\fB\-E\fR  \fB\-\-ignore\-tab\-expansion\fR
Ignore changes due to tab expansion.
.TP
\fB\-b\fR  \fB\-\-ignore\-space\-change\fR
Ignore changes in the amount of white space.
.TP
\fB\-W\fR  \fB\-\-ignore\-all\-space\fR
Ignore all white space.
.TP
\fB\-B\fR  \fB\-\-ignore\-blank\-lines\fR
Ignore changes whose lines are all blank.
.TP
\fB\-I\fR RE  \fB\-\-ignore\-matching\-lines\fR=\fIRE\fR
Ignore changes whose lines all match RE.
.TP
\fB\-\-strip\-trailing\-cr\fR
Strip trailing carriage return on input.
.TP
\fB\-a\fR  \fB\-\-text\fR
Treat all files as text.
.TP
\fB\-w\fR NUM  \fB\-\-width\fR=\fINUM\fR
Output at most NUM (default 130) print columns.
.TP
\fB\-l\fR  \fB\-\-left\-column\fR
Output only the left column of common lines.
.TP
\fB\-s\fR  \fB\-\-suppress\-common\-lines\fR
Do not output common lines.
.TP
\fB\-t\fR  \fB\-\-expand\-tabs\fR
Expand tabs to spaces in output.
.TP
\fB\-\-tabsize\fR=\fINUM\fR
Tab stops are every NUM (default 8) print columns.
.TP
\fB\-d\fR  \fB\-\-minimal\fR
Try hard to find a smaller set of changes.
.TP
\fB\-H\fR  \fB\-\-speed\-large\-files\fR
Assume large files and many scattered small changes.
.TP
\fB\-\-diff\-program\fR=\fIPROGRAM\fR
Use PROGRAM to compare files.
.TP
\fB\-v\fR  \fB\-\-version\fR
Output version info.
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
Output this help.
.PP
If a FILE is `-', read standard input.
Exit status is 0 if inputs are the same, 1 if different, 2 if trouble.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Thomas Lord.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B sdiff
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B sdiff
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info diff
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.