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# colordiff
> A tool to colorize diff diff output.
> The Perl script colordiff is a wrapper for `diff` and produces the same output but with pretty 'syntax' highlighting. Colour schemes can be customized..
> More information: <https://github.com/kimmel/colordiff>.
- Compare files:
`colordiff {{file-1}} {{file-2}}`
- Compare files, output in two columns:
`colordiff -y {{file-1}} {{file-2}}`
- Compare files, Ignore case differences in file contents:
`colordiff -i {{file-1}} {{file-2}}`
- Compare files, Report when two files are the same:
`colordiff -s {{file-1}} {{file-2}}`
- Compare files, ignoring white spaces:
`colordiff -w {{old_file}} {{new_file}}`