NAME
ssh-diff
SYNOPSIS
ssh-diff [OPTIONS] FILE [user@]hostname[:FILE]
DESCRIPTION
diff a file over SSH
There is an extra roundtrip to the remote system
to check for the existence of the file to be diffed.
So if you are not using SSH Keys
you may get prompted twice for a password.
Use "CHECK_REMOTE_FILE_EXISTS=NO ssh-diff" to disable that behavior
DIFF_OPTIONS
All options your local diff command supports ( except '-r' ).
See 'man diff' and 'diff --help' for more information.
SSH_OPTIONS
- -4
-
Use IPv4 only
- -6
-
Use IPv6 only
- -p port
-
Port to connect to on the remote host.
This can be specified on a per-host basis in the configuration file.
ENVIRONMENT
CHECK_REMOTE_FILE_EXISTS NO|YES remote file checking
EXAMPLES
- # Default
- ssh-diff /etc/hosts 192.168.1.10
- ssh-diff /etc/hosts [email protected]
- ssh-diff /etc/hosts [email protected]:/etc/hosts.old
- # Side-by-Side
- ssh-diff -y /etc/hosts 192.168.1.10
- ssh-diff -y /etc/hosts [email protected]
- ssh-diff -y /etc/hosts [email protected]:/etc/hosts.old
- # Unified
- ssh-diff -u /etc/hosts 192.168.1.10
- ssh-diff -u /etc/hosts [email protected]
- ssh-diff -u /etc/hosts [email protected]:/etc/hosts.old