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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Compare two files line by line Post 302443160 by drl on Saturday 7th of August 2010 06:44:10 AM
Old 08-07-2010
Hi.
Code:
       -w NUM  --width=NUM
              Output at most NUM (default 130) columns per line.  

-- excerpt from man sdiff

for the sdiff on my system:
Code:
sdiff (GNU diffutils) 2.8.1

so that by default only the first 60 or so characters from each line of a differing set will be displayed.

Expanding the line width with sdiff might make the output even more unreadable, so if you need the entire line(s) displayed, perhaps the regular diff would be better ... cheers, drl

Last edited by drl; 08-07-2010 at 07:57 AM..
 

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createhomedir(1)					    BSD General Commands Manual 					  createhomedir(1)

NAME
createhomedir -- create and populate home directories on the local computer. SYNOPSIS
createhomedir [-scbalh] [-n directoryDomainName] [-u username] DESCRIPTION
createhomedir provides several options for creating and populating home directories. OPTIONS
-s creates home directories for server home paths only (default). -c creates home directories for local home paths only. -b creates home directories for both server and local home paths. -a creates home directories for users defined in all directory domains of the server's search path. -l creates home directories for users defined in the local directory domain. -L causes the created home directory to be localized. -n directoryDomainName creates home directories for users defined in a specific directory domain in the server's search path. -u username creates a home directory for a specific user defined in the domain(s) identified in the -a, -l, or -n parameter. If you omit the -a, -l, and -n parameters when you use the -u parameter, -a is assumed. -i reads username list from standard input and creates specified home directories. Each username should be on its own line. -h usage help. FILES
/usr/sbin/createhomedir location of tool CAVEATS
When using the -a option, search limits of various directory servers (such as Open Directory or Active Directory) can prevent all possible home directories from being created. In this case, you may need to specify the usernames explicitly. Mac OS X May 31, 2019 Mac OS X
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