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# colordiff
> A tool to colorize diff output.
> The Perl script colordiff is a wrapper for `diff` and produces the same output but with pretty syntax highlighting. Color schemes can be customized.
> More information: <https://github.com/kimmel/colordiff>.
- Compare files:
`colordiff {{file1}} {{file2}}`
- Output in two columns:
`colordiff -y {{file1}} {{file2}}`
- Ignore case differences in file contents:
`colordiff -i {{file1}} {{file2}}`
- Report when two files are the same:
`colordiff -s {{file1}} {{file2}}`
- Ignore white spaces:
`colordiff -w {{file1}} {{file2}}`