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15 differences between files and the @acronym{GNU} @command{patch} command for
94 * Invoking sdiff:: Side-by-side merge of file differences.
112 You can use the @command{diff} command to show differences between two
114 outputs differences between files line by line in any of several
115 formats, selectable by command line options. This set of differences is
127 You can use the @command{diff3} command to show differences among three
129 original, @command{diff3} can report the differences between the original
135 You can use the set of differences produced by @command{diff} to distribute
137 This method is especially useful when the differences are small compared
170 differences. Related algorithms are surveyed by Alfred V. Aho in
189 There are several ways to think about the differences between two files.
190 One way to think of the differences is as a series of lines that were
198 without detailing the differences. It also provides ways to suppress
199 certain kinds of differences that are not important to you. Most
200 commonly, such differences are changes in the amount of white space
202 differences in alphabetic case or in lines that match a regular
207 Another way to think of the differences between two files is as a
209 different. @command{cmp} reports the differences between two files
230 * White Space:: Suppressing differences in white space.
231 * Blank Lines:: Suppressing differences whose lines are all blank.
232 * Specified Lines:: Suppressing differences whose lines all match a pattern.
233 * Case Folding:: Suppressing differences in alphabetic case.
290 @section Suppressing Differences in Blank and Tab Spacing
310 It ignores differences even if one line has white space where
324 @section Suppressing Differences Whose Lines Are All Blank
355 @section Suppressing Differences Whose Lines All Match a Regular Expression
377 @section Suppressing Case Differences
392 don't care what the differences are, you can use the summary output
393 format. In this format, instead of showing the differences between the
400 it knows that there are any differences.
443 showing differences between long lines of whatever characters the files
451 resulting @command{diff} output does not capture all the differences.
456 represents differences as requested.
502 @command{diff} reports the differences between two sample input files.
506 * Context:: Showing differences with the surrounding text.
507 * Side by Side:: Showing differences in two columns.
508 * Normal:: Showing differences without surrounding text.
562 @section Showing Differences in Their Context
566 Usually, when you are looking at the differences between files, you will
590 * Sections:: Showing which sections of the files differences are in.
709 Next come one or more hunks of differences; each hunk shows one area
821 Next come one or more hunks of differences; each hunk shows one area
852 @subsection Showing Which Sections Differences Are in
874 To show in which sections differences occur for files that are not
898 unchanged line that precedes each hunk of differences and matches the
913 To show in which functions differences occur for C and similar
951 @section Showing Differences Side by Side
1003 differences. @xref{Interactive Merging}, for more information on merging files.
1020 small gutter to mark differences; the right half is aligned to a tab
1053 @section Showing Differences Without Context
1057 The ``normal'' @command{diff} output format shows each hunk of differences
1100 The normal output format consists of one or more hunks of differences;
1206 differences. The changes closest to the ends of the files come first so
1665 group format. For each hunk of differences in the merged output
1717 differences in white space are ignored (@pxref{White Space}).
1773 @command{diff} is silent about pairs of files that contain no differences,
1827 reports many differences because it compares file names in a
1829 @command{diff} ignores case differences in file names, so that for example
1926 changed always comes up with a near-minimal set of differences.
1930 differences. The @option{-d} or @option{--minimal} option does this;
1940 differences; however, the output will still be correct.
1943 both files before it attempts to find a minimal set of differences.
1964 differences among them. (@command{diff3} can also merge files; see
1968 differences without surrounding context. Hunks are labeled depending
2501 the differences to a copy of the original file, producing a patched
3205 differences if you must interoperate with traditional @command{patch},
3483 An exit status of 0 means no differences were found, 1 means some
3484 differences were found, and 2 means trouble.
3514 Ignore any differences in the first @var{skip} bytes of the input
3662 An exit status of 0 means no differences were found, 1 means some
3663 differences were found, and 2 means trouble. Normally, differing
3751 In context and unified format, for each hunk of differences, show some
3831 differences. @xref{Brief}.
3940 of their differences. Its arguments are as follows:
4304 An exit status of 0 means no differences were found, 1 means some
4305 differences were found, and 2 means trouble.