kdiff3 - Man Page
Tool for Comparison and Merge of Files and Folders
Synopsis
kdiff3 [-u, --ignore] [--query] [--html] [--abort] [-m, --merge] [-b, --base file] [-o, --output file] [--out file] [--noauto] [--auto] [--L1 alias1] [--L2 alias2] [--L3 alias3] [-L, --fname alias] [--cs string] [--confighelp] [--config file] [File1] [File2] [File3]
Description
Compares two or three input files or folders.
Options
- -u, --ignore
- Ignored. (User defined.) 
- --query
- Ignored. (User defined.) 
- --html
- Ignored. (User defined.) 
- --abort
- Ignored. (User defined.) 
- -m, --merge
- Merge the input. 
- -b, --base file
- Explicit base file. For compatibility with certain tools. 
- -o, --output file
- Output file. Implies -m. e.g.: -o newfile.txt 
- --out file
- Output file, again. (For compatibility with certain tools.) 
- --auto
- No GUI if all conflicts are auto-solvable. (Needs -o file) 
- --noauto
- Ignore --auto and always show GUI. 
- --L1 alias1
- Visible name replacement for input file 1 (base). 
- --L2 alias2
- Visible name replacement for input file 2. 
- --L3 alias3
- Visible name replacement for input file 3. 
- -L, --fname alias
- Alternative visible name replacement. Supply this once for every input. 
- --cs string
- Override a config setting. Use once for every setting. e.g.: --cs AutoAdvance=1. 
- --confighelp
- Show list of config settings and current values. 
- --config file
- Use a different config file. 
- File1
- file1 to open (base, if not specified via --base) 
- File2
- file2 to open 
- File3
- file3 to open 
See Also
More detailed user documentation is available from help:/kdiff3 (either enter this URL into Konqueror, or run khelpcenter help:/kdiff3).
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Authors
This manual page was written by Burkhard Lück <lueck@hube-lueck.de>.
Author
Burkhard Lueck <lueck@hube-lueck.de>
KDiff3 man page.