WDIFF
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: April 2014
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NAME
wdiff - display word differences between text files
SYNOPSIS
wdiff
[
,OPTION/]...
,FILE1 FILE2/
wdiff
,-d /[
,OPTION/]... [
,FILE/]
DESCRIPTION
wdiff - Compares words in two files and report differences.
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
- -d, --diff-input
-
use single unified diff as input
- -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
- -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
COMPATIBILITY
Some options that used to provide some unique functionality are no
longer recommended, but still recognized for the sake of backwards
compatibility.
- -K, --no-init-term
-
Now synonymous to --terminal, which never initializes the
terminal.
AUTHOR
Written by Franc,ois Pinard <
pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <
wdiff-bugs@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 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.
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- COMPATIBILITY
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- AUTHOR
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- REPORTING BUGS
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- COPYRIGHT
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- SEE ALSO
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