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diff3 - compare three files line by line
diff3 [OPTION]... MYFILE
OLDFILE YOURFILE
Compare three files line by line.
- -e --ed
- Output
unmerged changes from OLDFILE to YOURFILE into MYFILE.
- -E --show-overlap
- Output
unmerged changes, bracketing conflicts.
- -A --show-all
- Output all changes, bracketing
conflicts.
- -x --overlap-only
- Output overlapping changes.
- -X
- Output overlapping
changes, bracketing them.
- -3 --easy-only
- Output unmerged nonoverlapping changes.
- -m --merge
- Output merged file instead of ed script (default -A).
- -L LABEL --label=LABEL
- Use LABEL instead of file name.
- -i
- Append ‘w’ and ‘q’ commands to ed scripts.
- -a --text
- Treat all files as text.
- -T --initial-tab
- Make tabs line up by prepending
a tab.
- --diff-program=PROGRAM
- Use PROGRAM to compare files.
- -v --version
- Output
version info.
- --help
- Output this help.
If a FILE is ‘-’, read standard input.
Written
by Randy Smith.
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org>.
Copyright
© 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program comes with NO WARRANTY,
to the extent permitted 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.
The full documentation
for diff3 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and diff3 programs
are properly installed at your site, the command
- info diff
should give
you access to the complete manual.
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