mdiff - Man Page

manual page for mdiff 1.2.2

Synopsis

mdiff [OPTION]... [FILE]...

Description

mdiff - Studies multiple files and searches for similar sequences, it then produces possibly detailed lists of differences and similarities.

Operation modes

-h

(ignored)

-v,  --verbose

report a few statistics on stderr

--help

display this help then exit

--version

display program version then exit

Formatting output

-T,  --initial-tab

produce TAB instead of initial space

-l,  --paginate

paginate output through `pr'

-S,  --string[=STRING]

take note of another user STRING

-V,  --show-links

give file and line references in annotations

-t,  --expand-tabs

expand tabs to spaces in the output

Debugging

-0,  --debugging

output many details about what is going on

Word mode options

-1,  --no-deleted

inhibit output of deleted words

-2,  --no-inserted

inhibit output of inserted words

-3,  --no-common

inhibit output of common words

-A,  --auto-pager

automatically calls a pager

-k,  --less-mode

variation of printer mode for "less"

-m,  --avoid-wraps

do not extend fields through newlines

-o,  --printer

overstrike as for printers

-z,  --terminal

use termcap as for terminal displays

-O,  --item-regexp=REGEXP

compare items as defined by REGEXP

-W,  --word-mode

compare words instead of lines

With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

Author

Written by Franc,ois Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>.

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to <wdiff-bugs@gnu.org>.

See Also

The full documentation for mdiff is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and mdiff programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info mdiff

should give you access to the complete manual.

Info

January 2024 GNU wdiff 1.2.2