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[[Category:Shell]]
[[Category:Linux/Unix]]
On unix systems find differences between 2 files
On unix systems find differences between 2 files


;diff file1 file2
;diff file1 file2
:Show differences between the 2 files
;diff -b file1 file2
:Ignore space changes
;diff -u file1 file2
;diff -u file1 file2
;diff -U <num> file1 file2
:Report all differences between the files
:Report all differences between the files
:Lines starting with < (-) need to be removed and starting with > (+) need to be added to go from file1 to file2
:Lines starting with < (-) need to be removed and starting with > (+) need to be added to go from file1 to file2
: <code>-u -U</code> also report some lines before and after the actual difference (the context) (default 3) with <code>-U <num></code> you can specify the number of context lines.

Latest revision as of 08:16, 24 April 2023

On unix systems find differences between 2 files

diff file1 file2
Show differences between the 2 files
diff -b file1 file2
Ignore space changes
diff -u file1 file2
diff -U <num> file1 file2
Report all differences between the files
Lines starting with < (-) need to be removed and starting with > (+) need to be added to go from file1 to file2
-u -U also report some lines before and after the actual difference (the context) (default 3) with -U <num> you can specify the number of context lines.