debian man page for mdiff

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)