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SDIFF "1" "April 2004" "diffutils 2.8.7" "User Commands"
NAME
sdiff - side-by-side merge of file differences
SYNOPSIS
sdiff [OPTION]... FILE1 FILE2
DESCRIPTION
Side-by-side merge of file differences.

-o FILE --output=FILE Operate interactively, sending output to FILE.

-i --ignore-case Consider upper- and lower-case to be the same.

-E --ignore-tab-expansion Ignore changes due to tab expansion.

-b --ignore-space-change Ignore changes in the amount of white space.

-W --ignore-all-space Ignore all white space.

-B --ignore-blank-lines Ignore changes whose lines are all blank.

-I RE --ignore-matching-lines=RE Ignore changes whose lines all match RE.

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

-a --text Treat all files as text.

-w NUM --width=NUM Output at most NUM (default 130) print columns.

-l --left-column Output only the left column of common lines.

-s --suppress-common-lines Do not output common lines.

-t --expand-tabs Expand tabs to spaces in output.

--tabsize=NUM Tab stops are every NUM (default 8) print columns.

-d --minimal Try hard to find a smaller set of changes.

-H --speed-large-files Assume large files and many scattered small changes.

--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 inputs are the same, 1 if different, 2 if trouble.

AUTHOR
Written by Thomas Lord.
"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 sdiff is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and sdiff programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info diff

should give you access to the complete manual.