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DIFF3 "1" "April 2004" "diffutils 2.8.7" "User Commands"
NAME
diff3 - compare three files line by line
SYNOPSIS
diff3 [OPTION]... MYFILE OLDFILE YOURFILE
DESCRIPTION
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.

--strip-trailing-cr Strip trailing carriage return on input.

-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. Exit status is 0 if successful, 1 if conflicts, 2 if trouble.

AUTHOR
Written by Randy Smith.
"REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2004 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 diff3 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and diff3 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info diff3

should give you access to the complete manual.