---
name: "webdiff"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "websec"
version: "1.9.0-4"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/webdiff"
---

# webdiff(1)

Find and Highlight Differences Between Webpages

## NAME

webdiff - Find and Highlight Differences Between Webpages

## SYNOPSIS

webdiff \[options\]

## OPTIONS

- **--help**

  Print a brief help message and exits.

- **--man**

  Prints the manual page and exits.

- **--archive**=\<pathname\>

  Archive HTML file

- **--current**=\<pathname\>

  Current HTML file

- **--out**=\<pathname\>

  Output HTML file (with highlighting)

- **--basedir**=\<pathname\>

  Base directory for files

- **--hicolor**=\<color\>

  Highlight color (Def: blue, yellow, pink, grey or #rrggbb)

- **--ignore**=\<filelist\>

  Comma-delimited list of named sections containing ignore keywords

- **--ignoreurl**=\<filelist\>

  Comma-delimited list of named sections containing ignore urls

- **--tmin**=\<number\>

  Don't check if token contains \<= given no. of words

- **--tmax**=\<number\>

  Don't ignore if token contains \>= given no. of words

- **--debug**

  Debug messages

## DESCRIPTION

**webdiff** will compare two webpages and create an output file with the changes highlighted.

**webdiff** is internal to **websec** and isn't well documented.

## SEE ALSO

[*websec*(1)](/websec/1.md)

## AUTHOR

Victor Chew is the original author of this software and Baruch Even is continuing the maintenance.