diff3
compare three files line by line
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Manpage of DIFF3
DIFF3
Section: User Commands (1)Updated: April 2010
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NAME
diff3 - compare three files line by lineSYNOPSIS
diff3 [OPTION]... MYFILE OLDFILE YOURFILEDESCRIPTION
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>.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.
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