mdiff(1) [debian man page]

MDIFF(1)							   User Commands							  MDIFF(1)

NAME

       mdiff - manual page for mdiff 1.1.2

SYNOPSIS

       mdiff [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

       mdiff  -  Studies  multiple files and searches for similar sequences, it then produces possibly detailed lists of differences and similari-
       ties.

   Operation modes:
       -h     (ignored)

       -v, --verbose
	      report a few statistics on stderr

       --help display this help then exit

       --version
	      display program version then exit

   Formatting output:
       -T, --initial-tab
	      produce TAB instead of initial space

       -l, --paginate
	      paginate output through `pr'

       -S, --string[=STRING]
	      take note of another user STRING

       -V, --show-links
	      give file and line references in annotations

       -t, --expand-tabs
	      expand tabs to spaces in the output

   Debugging:
       -0, --debugging
	      output many details about what is going on

   Word mode options:
       -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

       -k, --less-mode
	      variation of printer mode for "less"

       -m, --avoid-wraps
	      do not extend fields through newlines

       -o, --printer
	      overstrike as for printers

       -z, --terminal
	      use termcap as for terminal displays

       -O, --item-regexp=REGEXP
	      compare items as defined by REGEXP

       -W, --word-mode
	      compare words instead of lines

       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

AUTHOR

       Written by Franc,ois Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>.

REPORTING BUGS

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

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2010 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 mdiff is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and mdiff programs are properly installed at your site,
       the command

	      info mdiff

       should give you access to the complete manual.

mdiff 1.1.2							     May 2012								  MDIFF(1)

WDIFF(1)                                                           User Commands                                                          WDIFF(1)

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 com-
       patibility.

       -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 (C) 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 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 1.1.2                                                          May 2012                                                             WDIFF(1)