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)