tldr/pages/common/diffstat.md

# diffstat

> Create a histogram from the output of the `diff` command.
> More information: <https://manned.org/diffstat>.

- Display changes in a histogram:

`diff {{file1}} {{file2}} | diffstat`

- Display inserted, deleted and modified changes as a table:

`diff {{file1}} {{file2}} | diffstat -t`
diffstat: add page ---- - [x] The page (if new), does not already exist in the repo. - [x] The page (if new), has been added to the correct platform folder: `common/` if it's common to all platforms, `linux/` if it's Linux-specific, and so on. - [x] The page has 8 or fewer examples. - [ x The PR is appropriately titled: `<command name>: add page` for new pages, or `<command name>: <description of changes>` for pages being edited - [x] The page follows the [contributing](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) guidelines 2017-10-10 16:23:07 +01:00			`# diffstat`

Changed wording for the description and 2nd command 2017-10-11 19:57:10 +01:00			> Create a histogram from the output of the `diff` command.
add more information links 2021-04-17 16:15:37 +01:00			`> More information: <https://manned.org/diffstat>.`
diffstat: add page ---- - [x] The page (if new), does not already exist in the repo. - [x] The page (if new), has been added to the correct platform folder: `common/` if it's common to all platforms, `linux/` if it's Linux-specific, and so on. - [x] The page has 8 or fewer examples. - [ x The PR is appropriately titled: `<command name>: add page` for new pages, or `<command name>: <description of changes>` for pages being edited - [x] The page follows the [contributing](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) guidelines 2017-10-10 16:23:07 +01:00
			`- Display changes in a histogram:`

			`diff {{file1}} {{file2}} \| diffstat`

Changed wording for the description and 2nd command 2017-10-11 19:57:10 +01:00			`- Display inserted, deleted and modified changes as a table:`
diffstat: add page ---- - [x] The page (if new), does not already exist in the repo. - [x] The page (if new), has been added to the correct platform folder: `common/` if it's common to all platforms, `linux/` if it's Linux-specific, and so on. - [x] The page has 8 or fewer examples. - [ x The PR is appropriately titled: `<command name>: add page` for new pages, or `<command name>: <description of changes>` for pages being edited - [x] The page follows the [contributing](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) guidelines 2017-10-10 16:23:07 +01:00
			`diff {{file1}} {{file2}} \| diffstat -t`