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2 .TH SDIFF "1" "April 2010" "diffutils 2.9.19-4065" "User Commands"
4 sdiff \- side-by-side merge of file differences
7 [\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIFILE1 FILE2\fR
9 Side\-by\-side merge of file differences.
11 \fB\-o\fR FILE \fB\-\-output\fR=\fIFILE\fR
12 Operate interactively, sending output to FILE.
14 \fB\-i\fR \fB\-\-ignore\-case\fR
15 Consider upper\- and lower\-case to be the same.
17 \fB\-E\fR \fB\-\-ignore\-tab\-expansion\fR
18 Ignore changes due to tab expansion.
20 \fB\-b\fR \fB\-\-ignore\-space\-change\fR
21 Ignore changes in the amount of white space.
23 \fB\-W\fR \fB\-\-ignore\-all\-space\fR
24 Ignore all white space.
26 \fB\-B\fR \fB\-\-ignore\-blank\-lines\fR
27 Ignore changes whose lines are all blank.
29 \fB\-I\fR RE \fB\-\-ignore\-matching\-lines\fR=\fIRE\fR
30 Ignore changes whose lines all match RE.
32 \fB\-\-strip\-trailing\-cr\fR
33 Strip trailing carriage return on input.
35 \fB\-a\fR \fB\-\-text\fR
36 Treat all files as text.
38 \fB\-w\fR NUM \fB\-\-width\fR=\fINUM\fR
39 Output at most NUM (default 130) print columns.
41 \fB\-l\fR \fB\-\-left\-column\fR
42 Output only the left column of common lines.
44 \fB\-s\fR \fB\-\-suppress\-common\-lines\fR
45 Do not output common lines.
47 \fB\-t\fR \fB\-\-expand\-tabs\fR
48 Expand tabs to spaces in output.
50 \fB\-\-tabsize\fR=\fINUM\fR
51 Tab stops are every NUM (default 8) print columns.
53 \fB\-d\fR \fB\-\-minimal\fR
54 Try hard to find a smaller set of changes.
56 \fB\-H\fR \fB\-\-speed\-large\-files\fR
57 Assume large files and many scattered small changes.
59 \fB\-\-diff\-program\fR=\fIPROGRAM\fR
60 Use PROGRAM to compare files.
62 \fB\-v\fR \fB\-\-version\fR
68 If a FILE is `\-', read standard input.
69 Exit status is 0 if inputs are the same, 1 if different, 2 if trouble.
71 Written by Thomas Lord.
73 Report bugs to: bug\-diffutils@gnu.org
74 GNU diffutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/>
75 General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
77 Copyright \(co 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
78 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
80 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
81 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
83 The full documentation for
85 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
89 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
93 should give you access to the complete manual.