DIFF3
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: April 2010
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NAME
diff3 - compare three files line by line
SYNOPSIS
diff3
[OPTION]... MYFILE OLDFILE YOURFILE
DESCRIPTION
Compare three files line by line.
- -e --ed
-
Output unmerged changes from OLDFILE to YOURFILE into MYFILE.
- -E --show-overlap
-
Output unmerged changes, bracketing conflicts.
- -A --show-all
-
Output all changes, bracketing conflicts.
- -x --overlap-only
-
Output overlapping changes.
- -X
-
Output overlapping changes, bracketing them.
- -3 --easy-only
-
Output unmerged nonoverlapping changes.
- -m --merge
-
Output merged file instead of ed script (default -A).
- -L LABEL --label=LABEL
-
Use LABEL instead of file name.
- -i
-
Append `w' and `q' commands to ed scripts.
- -a --text
-
Treat all files as text.
- --strip-trailing-cr
-
Strip trailing carriage return on input.
- -T --initial-tab
-
Make tabs line up by prepending a tab.
- --diff-program=PROGRAM
-
Use PROGRAM to compare files.
- -v --version
-
Output version info.
- --help
-
Output this help.
If a FILE is `-', read standard input.
Exit status is 0 if successful, 1 if conflicts, 2 if trouble.
AUTHOR
Written by Randy Smith.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to: bug-diffutils@gnu.org
GNU diffutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for
diff3
is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
info
and
diff3
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
-
info diff
should give you access to the complete manual.
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- AUTHOR
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- REPORTING BUGS
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- COPYRIGHT
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- SEE ALSO
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