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author | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000 |
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committer | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000 |
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diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/diff/sdiff.1 b/gnu/usr.bin/diff/sdiff.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..8b7e88c1314 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/diff/sdiff.1 @@ -0,0 +1,198 @@ +.TH SDIFF 1 "22sep1993" "GNU Tools" "GNU Tools" +.SH NAME +sdiff \- find differences between two files and merge interactively +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B sdiff +.B -o +outfile [options] from-file to-file +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.I sdiff +command merges two files and interactively outputs the +results to +.IR outfile . + +If +.I from-file +is a directory and +.I to-file +is not, +.I sdiff +compares the file in +.I from-file +whose file name is that of +.IR to-file , +and vice versa. +.I from-file +and +.I to-file +may not both be +directories. + +.I sdiff +options begin with +.BR \- , +so normally +.I from-file +and +.I to-file +may not begin with +.BR \- . +However, +.B \-\- +as an +argument by itself treats the remaining arguments as file names even if +they begin with +.BR \- . +You may not use +.B \- +as an input file. + +.I sdiff +without +.B \-o +(or +.BR \-\-output ) +produces a +side-by-side difference. This usage is obsolete; use +.B "diff \-\-side\-by\-side" +instead. +.SS Options +Below is a summary of all of the options that GNU +.I sdiff +accepts. +Each option has two equivalent names, one of which is a single +letter preceded by +.BR \- , +and the other of which is a long name +preceded by +.BR \-\- . +Multiple single letter options (unless they take +an argument) can be combined into a single command line argument. Long +named options can be abbreviated to any unique prefix of their name. +.TP +.B \-a +Treat all files as text and compare them line-by-line, even if they +do not appear to be text. +.TP +.B \-b +Ignore changes in amount of white space. +.TP +.B \-B +Ignore changes that just insert or delete blank lines. +.TP +.B \-d +Change the algorithm to perhaps find a smaller set of changes. This +makes +.I sdiff +slower (sometimes much slower). +.TP +.B \-H +Use heuristics to speed handling of large files that have numerous +scattered small changes. +.TP +.B \-\-expand\-tabs +Expand tabs to spaces in the output, to preserve the alignment of tabs +in the input files. +.TP +.B \-i +Ignore changes in case; consider upper- and lower-case to be the same. +.TP +.BI "\-I " regexp +Ignore changes that just insert or delete lines that match +.IR regexp . +.TP +.B \-\-ignore\-all\-space +Ignore white space when comparing lines. +.TP +.B \-\-ignore\-blank\-lines +Ignore changes that just insert or delete blank lines. +.TP +.B \-\-ignore\-case +Ignore changes in case; consider upper- and lower-case to be the same. +.TP +.BI \-\-ignore\-matching\-lines= regexp +Ignore changes that just insert or delete lines that match +.IR regexp . +.TP +.B \-\-ignore\-space\-change +Ignore changes in amount of white space. +.TP +.B \-l +.br +.ns +.TP +.B \-\-left\-column +Print only the left column of two common lines. +.TP +.B \-\-minimal +Change the algorithm to perhaps find a smaller set of changes. This +makes +.I sdiff +slower (sometimes much slower). +.TP +.BI "\-o " file +.br +.ns +.TP +.BI \-\-output= file +Put merged output into +.IR file . +This option is required for merging. +.TP +.B \-s +.br +.ns +.TP +.B \-\-suppress\-common\-lines +Do not print common lines. +.TP +.B \-\-speed\-large\-files +Use heuristics to speed handling of large files that have numerous +scattered small changes. +.TP +.B \-t +Expand tabs to spaces in the output, to preserve the alignment of tabs +in the input files. +.TP +.B \-\-text +Treat all files as text and compare them line-by-line, even if they +do not appear to be text. +.TP +.B \-v +.br +.ns +.TP +.B \-\-version +Output the version number of +.IR sdiff . +.TP +.BI "\-w " columns +.br +.ns +.TP +.BI \-\-width= columns +Use an output width of +.IR columns . +Note that for historical reasons, this option is +.B \-W +in +.IR diff , +.B \-w +in +.IR sdiff . +.TP +.B \-W +Ignore horizontal white space when comparing lines. +Note that for historical reasons, this option is +.B \-w +in +.IR diff , +.B \-W +in +.IR sdiff . +.SH SEE ALSO +cmp(1), comm(1), diff(1), diff3(1). +.SH DIAGNOSTICS +An exit status of 0 means no differences were found, 1 means some +differences were found, and 2 means trouble. |