MDIFF
MDIFF
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NAME
mdiff - manual page for mdiff 0.6.3
SYNOPSIS
mdiff
[OPTION]... [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
mdiff - Studies multiple files and searches for similar sequences, it then
produces possibly detailed lists of differences and similarities.
Operation modes:
- -h
-
(ignored)
- -v, --verbose
-
report a few statistics on stderr
- --help
-
display this help then exit
- --version
-
display program version then exit
Formatting output:
- -T, --initial-tab
-
produce TAB instead of initial space
- -l, --paginate
-
paginate output through `pr'
- -S, --string[=STRING]
-
take note of another user STRING
- -V, --show-links
-
give file and line references in annotations
- -t, --expand-tabs
-
expand tabs to spaces in the output
Debugging:
- -0, --debugging
-
output many details about what is going on
Word mode options:
- -1, --no-deleted
-
inhibit output of deleted words
- -2, --no-inserted
-
inhibit output of inserted words
- -3, --no-common
-
inhibit output of common words
- -A, --auto-pager
-
automatically calls a pager
- -k, --less-mode
-
variation of printer mode for "less"
- -m, --avoid-wraps
-
do not extend fields through newlines
- -o, --printer
-
overstrike as for printers
- -z, --terminal
-
use termcap as for terminal displays
- -K, --no-init-term
-
like -z, but no termcap init/term strings
- -O, --item-regexp=REGEXP
-
compare items as defined by REGEXP
- -W, --word-mode
-
compare words instead of lines
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
AUTHOR
Written by Franc,ois Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <wdiff-bugs@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for
mdiff
is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
info
and
mdiff
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
-
info mdiff
should give you access to the complete manual.
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
-
- Operation modes:
-
- Formatting output:
-
- Debugging:
-
- Word mode options:
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- AUTHOR
-
- REPORTING BUGS
-
- COPYRIGHT
-
- SEE ALSO
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