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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 | ;diff -U <num> file1 file2 |
Latest revision as of 10:16, 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.