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2 .TH SDIFF "1" "September 2011" "diffutils 3.2" "User Commands"
4 sdiff \- side-by-side merge of file differences
7 [\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIFILE1 FILE2\fR
9 Side\-by\-side merge of differences between FILE1 and FILE2.
11 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
13 \fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR=\fIFILE\fR
14 operate interactively, sending output to FILE
16 \fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-case\fR
17 consider upper\- and lower\-case to be the same
19 \fB\-E\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-tab\-expansion\fR
20 ignore changes due to tab expansion
22 \fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-space\-change\fR
23 ignore changes in the amount of white space
25 \fB\-W\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-all\-space\fR
26 ignore all white space
28 \fB\-B\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-blank\-lines\fR
29 ignore changes whose lines are all blank
31 \fB\-I\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-matching\-lines\fR=\fIRE\fR
32 ignore changes whose lines all match RE
34 \fB\-\-strip\-trailing\-cr\fR
35 strip trailing carriage return on input
37 \fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-text\fR
38 treat all files as text
40 \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-width\fR=\fINUM\fR
41 output at most NUM (default 130) print columns
43 \fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-left\-column\fR
44 output only the left column of common lines
46 \fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-suppress\-common\-lines\fR
47 do not output common lines
49 \fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-expand\-tabs\fR
50 expand tabs to spaces in output
52 \fB\-\-tabsize\fR=\fINUM\fR
53 tab stops at every NUM (default 8) print columns
55 \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-minimal\fR
56 try hard to find a smaller set of changes
58 \fB\-H\fR, \fB\-\-speed\-large\-files\fR
59 assume large files, many scattered small changes
61 \fB\-\-diff\-program\fR=\fIPROGRAM\fR
62 use PROGRAM to compare files
65 display this help and exit
67 \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
68 output version information and exit
70 If a FILE is `\-', read standard input.
71 Exit status is 0 if inputs are the same, 1 if different, 2 if trouble.
73 Written by Thomas Lord.
75 Report bugs to: bug\-diffutils@gnu.org
77 GNU diffutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/>
79 General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
81 Copyright \(co 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
82 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
84 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
85 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
87 cmp(1), diff(1), diff3(1)
89 The full documentation for
91 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
95 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
99 should give you access to the complete manual.