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# diff
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2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00
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> Compare files and directories.
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7za, 7zr, aapt, ab, alacritty, atom, avrdude, chown, chroot, clear, cmake, compare, curl, dd, diff: add German translation (#5286)
2021-02-20 20:30:55 +00:00
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> More information: <https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/diff.1.html>.
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2014-02-02 12:26:10 +00:00
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2019-05-09 17:16:35 +01:00
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- Compare files (lists changes to turn `old_file` into `new_file`):
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`diff {{old_file}} {{new_file}}`
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2014-02-02 12:26:10 +00:00
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2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00
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- Compare files, ignoring white spaces:
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2014-02-02 12:26:10 +00:00
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2019-05-09 17:16:35 +01:00
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`diff -w {{old_file}} {{new_file}}`
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2014-02-02 12:26:10 +00:00
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2018-10-19 10:42:28 +01:00
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- Compare files, showing the differences side by side:
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2014-02-02 12:26:10 +00:00
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2019-05-09 17:16:35 +01:00
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`diff -y {{old_file}} {{new_file}}`
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2014-02-02 12:26:10 +00:00
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2018-10-19 10:42:28 +01:00
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- Compare files, showing the differences in unified format (as used by `git diff`):
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2019-05-09 17:16:35 +01:00
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`diff -u {{old_file}} {{new_file}}`
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2018-10-19 10:42:28 +01:00
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2019-05-09 17:16:35 +01:00
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- Compare directories recursively (shows names for differing files/directories as well as changes made to files):
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2014-02-02 12:26:10 +00:00
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2019-05-09 17:16:35 +01:00
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`diff -r {{old_directory}} {{new_directory}}`
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2014-02-02 12:26:10 +00:00
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2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00
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- Compare directories, only showing the names of files that differ:
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2014-02-02 12:26:10 +00:00
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2019-05-09 17:16:35 +01:00
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`diff -rq {{old_directory}} {{new_directory}}`
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