Mdiff (1) Linux Manual Page

mdiff – manual page for mdiff 1.2.2

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
-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 [at] iro.umontreal.ca>.

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to <wdiff-bugs [at] 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.

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