SDIFF(1) User Commands SDIFF(1)

NAME
       sdiff - side-by-side merge of file differences

SYNOPSIS
       ssddiiffff [OPTION]... FILE1 FILE2

DESCRIPTION
       Side-by-side merge of file differences.

       -oo FILE  --oouuttppuutt=FILE
              Operate interactively, sending output to FILE.

       -ii  --iiggnnoorree-ccaassee
              Consider upper- and lower-case to be the same.

       -EE  --iiggnnoorree-ttaabb-eexxppaannssiioonn
              Ignore changes due to tab expansion.

       -bb  --iiggnnoorree-ssppaaccee-cchhaannggee
              Ignore changes in the amount of white space.

       -WW  --iiggnnoorree-aallll-ssppaaccee
              Ignore all white space.

       -BB  --iiggnnoorree-bbllaannkk-lliinneess
              Ignore changes whose lines are all blank.

       -II RE  --iiggnnoorree-mmaattcchhiinngg-lliinneess=RE
              Ignore changes whose lines all match RE.

       --ssttrriipp-ttrraaiilliinngg-ccrr
              Strip trailing carriage return on input.

       -aa  --tteexxtt
              Treat all files as text.

       -ww NUM  --wwiiddtthh=NUM
              Output at most NUM (default 130) columns per line.

       -ll  --lleefftt-ccoolluummnn
              Output only the left column of common lines.

       -ss  --ssuupppprreessss-ccoommmmoonn-lliinneess
              Do not output common lines.

       -tt  --eexxppaanndd-ttaabbss
              Expand tabs to spaces in output.

       -dd  --mmiinniimmaall
              Try hard to find a smaller set of changes.

       -HH  --ssppeeeedd-llaarrggee-ffiilleess
              Assume large files and many scattered small changes.

       --ddiiffff-pprrooggrraamm=PROGRAM
              Use PROGRAM to compare files.

       -vv  --vveerrssiioonn
              Output version info.

       --hheellpp Output this help.

       If a FILE is `-', read standard input.

AUTHOR       Written by Thomas Lord.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT       Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

       This  program  comes  with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
       You may redistribute copies of this program under the terms of the  GNU
       General  Public License.  For more information about these matters, see
       the file named COPYING.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for ssddiiffff is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
       the  iinnffoo  and  ssddiiffff programs are properly installed at your site, the
       command

              iinnffoo ddiiffff

       should give you access to the complete manual.



diffutils 2.8.1                   April 2002                          SDIFF(1)