SDIFF(1) User Commands SDIFF(1)NAMEsdiff - side-by-side merge of file differences
SYNOPSISsdiff [OPTION]... FILE1 FILE2
DESCRIPTION
Side-by-side merge of file differences.
-o FILE --output=FILE
Operate interactively, sending output to FILE.
-i--ignore-case
Consider upper- and lower-case to be the same.
-E--ignore-tab-expansion
Ignore changes due to tab expansion.
-b--ignore-space-change
Ignore changes in the amount of white space.
-W--ignore-all-space
Ignore all white space.
-B--ignore-blank-lines
Ignore changes whose lines are all blank.
-I RE --ignore-matching-lines=RE
Ignore changes whose lines all match RE.
--strip-trailing-cr
Strip trailing carriage return on input.
-a--text
Treat all files as text.
-w NUM --width=NUM
Output at most NUM (default 130) columns per line.
-l--left-column
Output only the left column of common lines.
-s--suppress-common-lines
Do not output common lines.
-t--expand-tabs
Expand tabs to spaces in output.
-d--minimal
Try hard to find a smaller set of changes.
-H--speed-large-files
Assume large files and many scattered small
changes.
--diff-program=PROGRAM
Use PROGRAM to compare files.
-v--version
Output version info.
--help Output this help.
If a FILE is `-', read standard input.
AUTHOR
Written by Thomas Lord.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permit
ted by law. You may redistribute copies of this program
under the terms of the GNU General Public License. For
more information about these matters, see the file named
COPYING.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for sdiff is maintained as a Tex
info manual. If the info and sdiff programs are properly
installed at your site, the command
info diff
should give you access to the complete manual.
diffutils 2.8.1 April 2002 SDIFF(1)
