WDIFF(1)							   User Commands							  WDIFF(1)

NAME

       wdiff - display word differences between text files

SYNOPSIS

       wdiff [OPTION]... FILE1 FILE2

DESCRIPTION

       wdiff - Compares words in two files and report differences.

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

       -A, --ansi-red-green
	      highlight deleted text in red, added text in green; using ansi terminal codes

       -B, --bold-inserted
	      mark inserted text in bold; using ansi terminal codes

       -C, --copyright
	      print copyright then exit

       -K, --no-init-term
	      like -t, but no termcap init/term strings

       -L dummy, --label=dummy
	      dummy option for diff compatibility

       -P, --punctuation
	      treat punctuation (ispunct()) like whitespace (isspace())

       -U, --underline-deleted
	      underline deleted text; using ansi terminal codes

       -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

       -cN, --context=N
	      like  -3, but only print N lines of context around each difference.  Context blocks are seperated by a horizontal line, and are pre-
	      ceeded by a line of the format '=== LLL,RRR ===', where LLL and RRR are current line numbers in the left	and  right  file,  respec-
	      tively.

       -h, --help
	      print this help

       -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
	      print program version then exit

       -w, --start-delete=STRING
	      string to mark beginning of delete region; default '[-'

       -x, --end-delete=STRING
	      string to mark end of delete region; default '-]'

       -y, --start-insert=STRING
	      string to mark beginning of insert region; default '{+'

       -z, --end-insert=STRING
	      string to mark end of insert region; default '+}'

AUTHOR

       Written by Franc,ois Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>.  Patches by Hans Lermen (1994), Juergen Weigert <jw@suse.de>

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <wdiff-bugs@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 1992, 1997 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 PARTICU-
       LAR 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.

wdiff 0.5.93							     June 2008								  WDIFF(1)