tldr/pages/common/diff.md

# diff

> Compare files and directories.

- Compare files:

`diff {{file1}} {{file2}}`

- Compare files, ignoring white spaces:

`diff -w {{file1}} {{file2}}`

- Compare files, showing the differences side by side:

`diff -y {{file1}} {{file2}}`

- Compare files, showing the differences in unified format (as used by `git diff`):

`diff -u {{file1}} {{file2}}`

- Compare directories recursively:

`diff -r {{directory1}} {{directory2}}`

- Compare directories, only showing the names of files that differ:

`diff -rq {{directory1}} {{directory2}}`
Add tldr page for diff 2014-02-02 12:26:10 +00:00			`# diff`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`> Compare files and directories.`
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Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Compare files:`
Add tldr page for diff 2014-02-02 12:26:10 +00:00
			`diff {{file1}} {{file2}}`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Compare files, ignoring white spaces:`
Add tldr page for diff 2014-02-02 12:26:10 +00:00
			`diff -w {{file1}} {{file2}}`

diff: add -u (unified diff) example (#2462) 2018-10-19 10:42:28 +01:00			`- Compare files, showing the differences side by side:`
Add tldr page for diff 2014-02-02 12:26:10 +00:00
			`diff -y {{file1}} {{file2}}`

diff: add -u (unified diff) example (#2462) 2018-10-19 10:42:28 +01:00			- Compare files, showing the differences in unified format (as used by `git diff`):

			`diff -u {{file1}} {{file2}}`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Compare directories recursively:`
Add tldr page for diff 2014-02-02 12:26:10 +00:00
			`diff -r {{directory1}} {{directory2}}`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Compare directories, only showing the names of files that differ:`
Add tldr page for diff 2014-02-02 12:26:10 +00:00
			`diff -rq {{directory1}} {{directory2}}`