09-26-2008
see the man on sdiff
man sdiff
sdiff -s -w 200 file1 file2
is good
see if you have these
which tkdiff
which xdiff
if you have tkdiff or xdiff on your system you are in luck, other wise sdiff and diff will do most it the old school way...
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SDIFF(1) User Commands SDIFF(1)
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) columns per line.
-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.
-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.
AUTHOR
Written by Thomas Lord.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. You may redistribute copies of this program under the terms of the
GNU General Public License. For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING.
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.
diffutils 2.8.1 April 2002 SDIFF(1)