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pdiff(1)

produce a pretty comparison between files

NAME

pdiff - produce a pretty comparison between files

SYNOPSIS

pdiff FILE1 FILE2 [-- A2PS-OPTIONS...]

DESCRIPTION

Pretty print the differences between FILE1 and FILE2.

OPTIONS

-h, --help

display this help and exit

-v, --version

display version information and exit

-q, --quiet

don't print informational messages

-l, --lines

search for line differences (`diff')

-w, --words

search for word differences (`wdiff')

-o, --output=FILE

save the output in FILE

Options for a2ps are given after `--', for instance

$ pdiff COPYING COPYING.LIB -- -Pdisplay

News, updates and documentation: https://www.gnu.org/software/a2ps/

AUTHOR

Written by Akim Demaille.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1997-1999 Akim Demaille, Miguel Santana
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

a2ps(1), card(1), fixps(1), pdiff(1).

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

info pdiff

should give you access to the complete manual.

History

--help since Debian 2.2 (Potato); --lines since Debian 2.2 (Potato); --output since Debian 2.2 (Potato); --quiet since Debian 2.2 (Potato); --version since Debian 2.2 (Potato); --words since Debian 2.2 (Potato); -h since Debian 2.2 (Potato); -l since Debian 2.2 (Potato); -o since Debian 2.2 (Potato); -q since Debian 2.2 (Potato); -v since Debian 2.2 (Potato); -w since Debian 2.2 (Potato).