---
name: "ssdiff"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gnumeric"
version: "1.12.62-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ssdiff"
---

# ssdiff(1)

compare two spreadsheets

## NAME

ssdiff - compare two spreadsheets

## SYNOPSIS

**ssdiff**  \[*OPTIONS*\] *OLDFILE* *NEWFILE*

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page briefly documents the **ssdiff** command.

**ssdiff** is a command line utility to compare two spreadsheets and list their differences

## OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with single letter options starting with a single dash (\`-') and longer options starting with two dashes (\`--').

### Output options

- **-x, --xml**

  Display differences in xml format

### Help options

- **-V, --version**

  Display ssdiff's version

- **-?, --help**

  Display the supported options

## EXAMPLE

To compare an old version of a file with a newer file, run:

**ssdiff** *old.gnumeric* *new.gnumeric*

The exit code will be 0 if no differences were found, 1 if differences were found, and 2 in case of trouble.

## LICENSE

**ssdiff** is licensed under the terms of the General Public License (GPL), version 2 or 3. For information on this license look at the source code that came with the software or see the GNU project page ⟨URL: http://www.gnu.org ⟩.

## COPYRIGHT

The copyright on **ssdiff** and the **gnumeric** software and source code is held by the individual authors as is documented in the source code.

## AUTHOR

**ssdiff**'s primary author is Morten Welinder \<terra@gnome.org\>; **ssdiff** builds on the **gnumeric** codebase.

## SEE ALSO

[**gnumeric**(1)](/gnumeric/1.md), [**ssconvert**(1)](/ssconvert/1.md), [**ssindex**(1)](/ssindex/1.md) [**ssgrep**(1)](/ssgrep/1.md)

The Gnumeric Homepage ⟨URL: https://www.gnumeric.org/ ⟩.

The GNOME project page ⟨URL: https://www.gnome.org/ ⟩.