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.TH DIFF "1" "April 2002" "diffutils 2.8.1" "User Commands"
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.TH DIFF "1" "April 2010" "diffutils 2.9.19-4065" "User Commands"
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diff \- compare files line by line
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lines common to FILE1 and FILE2
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%[-][WIDTH][.[PREC]]{doxX}LETTER
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printf-style spec for LETTER
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%[\-][WIDTH][.[PREC]]{doxX}LETTER
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printf\-style spec for LETTER
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LETTERs are as follows for new group, lower case for old group:
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contents of line, excluding any trailing newline
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%[-][WIDTH][.[PREC]]{doxX}n
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printf-style spec for input line number
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%[\-][WIDTH][.[PREC]]{doxX}n
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printf\-style spec for input line number
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Either GFMT or LFMT may contain:
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\fB\-T\fR \fB\-\-initial\-tab\fR
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Make tabs line up by prepending a tab.
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\fB\-\-tabsize\fR=\fINUM\fR
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Tab stops are every NUM (default 8) print columns.
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\fB\-\-suppress\-blank\-empty\fR
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Suppress space or tab before empty output lines.
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\fB\-r\fR \fB\-\-recursive\fR
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Recursively compare any subdirectories found.
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FILES are `FILE1 FILE2' or `DIR1 DIR2' or `DIR FILE...' or `FILE... DIR'.
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If \fB\-\-from\-file\fR or \fB\-\-to\-file\fR is given, there are no restrictions on FILES.
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If a FILE is `-', read standard input.
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If a FILE is `\-', read standard input.
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Exit status is 0 if inputs are the same, 1 if different, 2 if trouble.
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Written by Paul Eggert, Mike Haertel, David Hayes,
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Richard Stallman, and Len Tower.
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.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
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Report bugs to <bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org>.
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Report bugs to: bug\-diffutils@gnu.org
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GNU diffutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/>
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General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
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Copyright \(co 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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You may redistribute copies of this program
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under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
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For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING.
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Copyright \(co 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
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There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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The full documentation for