sdiff(1)

NAME

   sdiff - side-by-side merge of file differences

SYNOPSIS

   sdiff [OPTION]... FILE1 FILE2

DESCRIPTION

   Side-by-side merge of differences between FILE1 and FILE2.

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

   -o, --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

   -Z, --ignore-trailing-space
          ignore white space at line end

   -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, --ignore-matching-lines=RE
          ignore changes all whose lines match RE

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

   -a, --text
          treat all files as text

   -w, --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 at every NUM (default 8) print columns

   -d, --minimal
          try hard to find a smaller set of changes

   -H, --speed-large-files
          assume large files, many scattered small changes

   --diff-program=PROGRAM
          use PROGRAM to compare files

   --help display this help and exit

   -v, --version
          output version information and exit

   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-diffutils@gnu.org
   GNU diffutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/>
   General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT

   Copyright    2016  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
   GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
   This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
   There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

   cmp(1), diff(1), diff3(1)

   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 sdiff

   should give you access to the complete manual.

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