1symilar(1)                  General Commands Manual                 symilar(1)
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NAME

6       symilar - tool for checking similarities in different files
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SYNOPSIS

10       symilar [ options ] [ <files> ]
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DESCRIPTION

14       symilar  is a tool for searching blocks of identical lines in different
15       files. It can be used to find copy pasted blocks of code, or stuff that
16       could  be  refactored.   Differences concerning only stuff behind a '#'
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18       optionally  modified.  symilar ´s functionality is integrated in pylint
19       with the refactoring message 'R0801'.
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OPTIONS

23       -h, --help
24              show help message and exit
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26       -d <min_duplicated_lines>, --duplicates <min_duplicated_lines>
27              minimum number of identical lines that should trigger a similar‐
28              ity  message.   Default  is 4. So if it finds 3 identical lines,
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32       -i, --ignore-comments
33              ignore  differences  concerning  only stuff behind a '#' (Python
34              comments). This means that if just a comment was added, the mes‐
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40symilar                        December 15, 2010                    symilar(1)