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NAME

6       GNU sdiff - side-by-side merge of file differences
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SYNOPSIS

9       sdiff [OPTION]... FILE1 FILE2
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DESCRIPTION

12       Side-by-side merge of differences between FILE1 and FILE2.
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14       Mandatory  arguments  to  long  options are mandatory for short options
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17       -o, --output=FILE
18              operate interactively, sending output to FILE
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20       -i, --ignore-case
21              consider upper- and lower-case to be the same
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23       -E, --ignore-tab-expansion
24              ignore changes due to tab expansion
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26       -Z, --ignore-trailing-space
27              ignore white space at line end
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29       -b, --ignore-space-change
30              ignore changes in the amount of white space
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32       -W, --ignore-all-space
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35       -B, --ignore-blank-lines
36              ignore changes whose lines are all blank
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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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44       -a, --text
45              treat all files as text
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47       -w, --width=NUM
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50       -l, --left-column
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53       -s, --suppress-common-lines
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56       -t, --expand-tabs
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59       --tabsize=NUM
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62       -d, --minimal
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65       -H, --speed-large-files
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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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73       -v, --version
74              output version information and exit
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76       If a FILE is '-', read standard input.  Exit status is 0 if inputs  are
77       the same, 1 if different, 2 if trouble.
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AUTHOR

80       Written by Thomas Lord.
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REPORTING BUGS

83       Report bugs to: bug-diffutils@gnu.org
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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88       Copyright  ©  2018  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
89       GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
90       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
91       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

94       cmp(1), diff(1), diff3(1)
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96       The  full  documentation for GNU is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
97       the info and GNU programs are properly installed at your site, the com‐
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100              info GNU
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102       should give you access to the complete manual.
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106diffutils 3.7                    December 2018                          GNU(1)
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