--- name: "lsdiff" section: "1" platform: "linux" package: "patchutils" version: "0.4.5-1" release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01" platforms: ["linux"] url: "https://new.carta.tech/lsdiff" --- # lsdiff(1) show which files are modified by a patch ## NAME lsdiff - show which files are modified by a patch ## SYNOPSIS **lsdiff** \[\[-n\] \| \[--line-number\]\] \[\[-p *n*\] \| \[--strip-match=*n*\]\] \[--strip=*n*\] \[--git-prefixes=*strip\|keep*\] \[--git-extended-diffs=*exclude\|include*\] \[--addprefix=*PREFIX*\] \[--addoldprefix=*PREFIX*\] \[--addnewprefix=*PREFIX*\] \[\[-s\] \| \[--status\]\] \[\[-E\] \| \[--empty-files-as-removed\]\] \[\[-i *PATTERN*\] \| \[--include=*PATTERN*\]\] \[\[-I *FILE*\] \| \[--include-from-file=*FILE*\]\] \[\[-x *PATTERN*\] \| \[--exclude=*PATTERN*\]\] \[\[-X *FILE*\] \| \[--exclude-from-file=*FILE*\]\] \[\[-z\] \| \[--decompress\]\] \[\[-# *RANGE*\] \| \[--hunks=*RANGE*\]\] \[--lines=*RANGE*\] \[\[-F*RANGE*\] \| \[--files=*RANGE*\]\] \[\[-H\] \| \[--with-filename\]\] \[\[-h\] \| \[--no-filename\]\] \[\[-v\] \| \[--verbose\]...\] \[*file*...\] **lsdiff** {\[--help\] \| \[--version\] \| \[--filter ...\] \| \[--grep ...\]} ## DESCRIPTION List the files modified by a patch. You can use unified, context, and Git format diffs with this program. Git format includes support for binary files, file renames, permission mode changes, and other Git-specific diff features. ## OPTIONS - **-n**, **--line-number** Display the line number that each patch begins at. If verbose output is requested (using **-nv**), each hunk of each patch is listed as well. For each file that is modified, a line is generated containing the line number of the beginning of the patch, followed by a Tab character, followed by the name of the file that is modified. If **-v** is given once, following each of these lines will be one line for each hunk, consisting of a Tab character, the line number that the hunk begins at, another Tab character, the string “Hunk #”, and the hunk number (starting at 1). If the **-v** is given twice in conjunction with **-n** (i.e. **-nvv**), the format is slightly different: hunk-level descriptive text is shown after each hunk number, and the **--number-files** option is enabled. - **-N**, **--number-files** File numbers are listed, beginning at 1, before each filename. - **-#***RANGE*, **--hunks**=*RANGE* Only list hunks within the specified *RANGE*. Hunks are numbered from 1, and the range is a comma-separated list of numbers or “first-last” spans, optionally preceded by a modifier 'x' which inverts the entire range; either the first or the last in the span may be omitted to indicate no limit in that direction. - **--lines**=*RANGE* Only list hunks that contain lines from the original file that lie within the specified *RANGE*. Lines are numbered from 1, and the range is a comma-separated list of numbers or “first-last” spans, optionally preceded by a modifier 'x' which inverts the entire range; either the first or the last in the span may be omitted to indicate no limit in that direction. - **-F**=*RANGE*, **--files**=*RANGE* Only list files indicated by the specified *RANGE*. Files are numbered from 1 in the order they appear in the patch input, and the range is a comma-separated list of numbers or “first-last” spans, optionally preceded by a modifier 'x' which inverts the entire range; either the first or the last in the span may be omitted to indicate no limit in that direction. - **-p***n*, **--strip-match=***n* When matching, ignore the first *n* components of the pathname. - **--strip**=*n* Remove the first *n* components of the pathname before displaying it. - **--git-prefixes**=*strip\|keep* How to handle a/ and b/ prefixes in Git diff filenames. With strip, removes the prefixes both for filename matching (when using **-i** and **-x** options) and for filename output (similar to **--strip**). With keep (default), preserves existing behavior. Applies to both Git-specific diffs (binary files, renames, mode changes) and traditional diffs when part of a Git patch. Note: With keep, copy and rename operations are treated as if they had a/ and b/ prefixes for consistency with other Git operations. The default will change to strip in version 0.5.0. - **--git-extended-diffs**=*exclude\|include* Controls whether to process Git diffs without traditional content hunks. This includes renames, copies, mode-only changes, and binary files. With exclude (default in 0.4.x), these diffs are skipped. With include (default in 0.5.0+), these diffs are processed normally. This option affects file numbering with **-N** and file filtering with **-F**. - **--addprefix**=*PREFIX* Prefix the pathname with *PREFIX* before displaying it. - **--addoldprefix**=*PREFIX* Prefix pathnames for old files with *PREFIX* before displaying them. - **--addnewprefix**=*PREFIX* Prefix pathnames for new files with *PREFIX* before displaying them. - **-s**, **--status** Show file additions, modifications and removals. A file addition is indicated by a “+”, a removal by a “-”, and a modification by a “!”. - **-E**, **--empty-files-as-absent**, **--empty-files-as-removed** Treat empty files as absent for the purpose of displaying file additions, modifications and removals. For example, a file with an empty old version and additions in the new version will be treated as a file addition (+) rather than a modification (!). - **-i***PATTERN*, **--include=***PATTERN* Include only files matching *PATTERN*. - **-I***FILE*, **--include-from-file=***FILE* Include only files matching any pattern listed in *FILE*, one pattern per line. - **-x***PATTERN*, **--exclude=***PATTERN* Exclude files matching *PATTERN*. - **-X***FILE*, **--exclude-from-file=***FILE* Exclude files matching any pattern listed in *FILE*, one pattern per line. - **-z**, **--decompress** Decompress files with extensions .gz and .bz2. - **-H**, **--with-filename** Print the name of the patch file containing each patch. - **-h**, **--no-filename** Suppress the name of the patch file containing each patch. - **-v**, **--verbose** Verbose output. - **--help** Display a short usage message. - **--version** Display the version number of lsdiff. - **--filter** Behave like [**filterdiff**(1)](/filterdiff/1.md) instead. - **--grep** Behave like [**grepdiff**(1)](/grepdiff/1.md) instead. ## SEE ALSO [**filterdiff**(1)](/filterdiff/1.md), [**grepdiff**(1)](/grepdiff/1.md), [**patchview**(1)](/patchview/1.md) ## EXAMPLES To sort the order of touched files in a patch, you can use: ``` lsdiff patch | sort -u | \ xargs -rn1 filterdiff patch -i ``` To show only added files in a patch: ``` lsdiff -s patch | grep '^+' | \ cut -c2- | xargs -rn1 filterdiff patch -i ``` To show the headers of all file hunks: ``` lsdiff -n patch | (while read n file do sed -ne "$n,$(($n+1))p" patch done) ``` ## AUTHOR **Tim Waugh** \ Package maintainer