1rfcdiff(1) rfcdiff(1)
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5 rfcdiff [options] file1 file2
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7 rfcdiff takes two RFCs or Internet-Drafts in text form as input,
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9 of various forms, controlled by the options listed below. In all
10 cases, page headers and page footers are stripped before looking
11 for changes.
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13 --html Produce side-by-side .html diff (default)
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15 --chbars
16 Produce changebar marked .txt output
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18 --diff Produce a regular diff output
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20 --wdiff
21 Produce paged wdiff output
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23 --hwdiff
24 Produce html-wrapped coloured wdiff output
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26 --oldcolour COLOURNAME
27 Colour for new file in hwdiff (default is "green")
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29 --oldcolor COLORNAME
30 Color for old file in hwdiff (default is "red")
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32 --newcolour COLOURNAME
33 Colour for new file in hwdiff (default is "green")
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35 --newcolor COLORNAME
36 Color for new file in hwdiff (default is "green")
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38 --larger
39 Make difference text in hwdiff slightly larger
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41 --browse
42 Show html output in browser
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44 --keep Don't delete temporary workfiles
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46 --version
47 Show version
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49 --help Show this help
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51 --info "Synopsis|Usage|Copyright|Description|Log" Show various
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54 --width N
55 Set a maximum width of N characters for the display of
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58 --linenum
59 Show linenumbers for each line, not only at the start of
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62 --body Strip document preamble (title, boilerplate and table of
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66 --nostrip
67 Don't strip headers and footers (or body)
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69 --ab-diff
70 Before/After diff, suitable for rfc-editor --abdiff
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72 --stdout
73 Send output to stdout instead to a file
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75 --context LINES Provide a different number of lines of context,
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80 20 January 2023 rfcdiff(1)