DIFF3(1)
NAME
diff3 - compare three files line by line
SYNOPSIS
diff3 [OPTION]... MYFILE OLDFILE YOURFILE
DESCRIPTION
Compare three files line by line.
- -e --ed
- Output unmerged changes from OLDFILE to YOURFILE into MYFILE.
- -E --show-overlap
- Output unmerged changes, bracketing conflicts.
- -A --show-all
- Output all changes, bracketing conflicts.
- -x --overlap-only
- Output overlapping changes.
- -X Output overlapping changes, bracketing them.
- -3 --easy-only
- Output unmerged nonoverlapping changes.
- -m --merge
- Output merged file instead of ed script (default -A).
- -L LABEL --label=LABEL
- Use LABEL instead of file name.
- -i Append `w' and `q' commands to ed scripts.
- -a --text
- Treat all files as text.
- --strip-trailing-cr
- Strip trailing carriage return on input.
- -T --initial-tab
- Make tabs line up by prepending a tab.
- --diff-program=PROGRAM
- Use PROGRAM to compare files.
- -v --version
- Output version info.
- --help Output this help.
- If a FILE is `-', read standard input. Exit status is 0 if successful, 1 if conflicts, 2 if trouble.
AUTHOR
Written by Randy Smith.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to: bug-diffutils@gnu.org GNU diffutils home page:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/> General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
- The full documentation for diff3 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
the info and diff3 programs are properly installed at your site, the
command
- info diff
- should give you access to the complete manual.