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NAME
       symilar - tool for checking similarities in different files

SYNOPSIS
       symilar [ options ] [ <files> ]

DESCRIPTION
       symilar	is  a tool for searching blocks of identical lines in different files. It can be used to find copy pasted blocks of code, or stuff
       that could be refactored.  Differences concerning only stuff behind a '#' (Python comments) can be ignored.  The size of  identical  blocks
       can be optionally modified.  symilar 's functionality is integrated in pylint with the refactoring message 'R0801'.

OPTIONS
       -h, --help
	      show help message and exit

       -d <min_duplicated_lines>, --duplicates <min_duplicated_lines>
	      minimum  number  of identical lines that should trigger a similarity message.  Default is 4. So if it finds 3 identical lines, there
	      will be no message, but 4 identical lines will be mentionned.

       -i, --ignore-comments
	      ignore differences concerning only stuff behind a '#' (Python comments). This means that if just a comment was  added,  the  message
	      will still be triggered.

symilar 							 December 15, 2010							symilar(1)