---
name: "botch-packages-difference"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "botch"
version: "0.24-6+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/botch-packages-difference"
---

# botch-packages-difference(1)

calculate the asymmetric set difference

## NAME

botch-packages-difference - calculate the asymmetric set difference

## SYNOPSIS

- **botch-packages-difference** \[options\] *inPackages1* *inPackages2* *outPackages*

  ## DESCRIPTION

calculate the asymmetric difference of two packages files, removing from the first packages file all packages that are in the second file

## OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  Show help.

- **--verbose**

  Be verbose.

## BUGS

See \<http://bugs.debian.org/botch\>.

## SEE ALSO

Debian doc-base Manual */usr/share/doc/botch/wiki/Home.html*

## AUTHOR

This man page was written by Johannes Schauer. Botch is written by Johannes Schauer and Pietro Abate.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2012-2014 Johannes Schauer, Pietro Abate

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. A special linking exception to the GNU Lesser General Public License applies to this library, see the COPYING file for more information.