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6 GNU sdiff - side-by-side merge of file differences
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9 sdiff [OPTION]... FILE1 FILE2
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12 Side-by-side merge of differences between FILE1 and FILE2.
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17 -o, --output=FILE
18 operate interactively, sending output to FILE
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20 -i, --ignore-case
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38 -I, --ignore-matching-lines=RE
39 ignore changes all whose lines match RE
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41 --strip-trailing-cr
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45 treat all files as text
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51 output only the left column of common lines
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60 tab stops at every NUM (default 8) print columns
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63 try hard to find a smaller set of changes
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66 assume large files, many scattered small changes
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68 --diff-program=PROGRAM
69 use PROGRAM to compare files
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71 --help display this help and exit
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80 Written by Thomas Lord.
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84 GNU diffutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/>
85 General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
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90 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
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