wdiff2 (1) Linux Manual Page

wdiff – manual page for wdiff 1.2.2

Synopsis

wdiff2 [,OPTION/]… ,FILE1 FILE2/

Description

wdiff – Compute word differences by internally launching `mdiff -W‘. This program exists mainly to support the now oldish `wdiff’ syntax.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

-C, –copyright

display copyright then exit

-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

-h, –help

display this help then exit

-i, –ignore-case

fold character case while comparing

-l, –less-mode

variation of printer mode for "less"

-n, –avoid-wraps

do not extend fields through newlines

-p, –printer

overstrike as for printers

-q, –quiet

inhibit the `mdiff’ call message

-s, –statistics

say how many words deleted, inserted etc.

-t, –terminal

use termcap as for terminal displays

-v, –version

display program version then exit

-w, –start-delete=,STRING/

string to mark beginning of delete region

-x, –end-delete=,STRING/

string to mark end of delete region

-y, –start-insert=,STRING/

string to mark beginning of insert region

-z, –end-insert=,STRING/

string to mark end of insert region

This program also tells how `mdiff’ could have been called directly.

Author

Written by Franc,ois Pinard <pinard [at] iro.umontreal.ca>.

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to <wdiff-bugs [at] gnu.org>.

Copyright

Copyright © 1997, 1998, 1999 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 wdiff is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and wdiff programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info wdiff

should give you access to the complete manual.