diff
Compare files and directories. More information: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/diff.1.html.
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Compare files (lists changes to turn
old_file
intonew_file
):
diff {{old_file}} {{new_file}}
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Compare files, ignoring white spaces:
diff --ignore-all-space {{old_file}} {{new_file}}
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Compare files, showing the differences side by side:
diff --side-by-side {{old_file}} {{new_file}}
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Compare files, showing the differences in unified format (as used by
git diff
):
diff --unified {{old_file}} {{new_file}}
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Compare directories recursively (shows names for differing files/directories as well as changes made to files):
diff --recursive {{old_directory}} {{new_directory}}
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Compare directories, only showing the names of files that differ:
diff --recursive --brief {{old_directory}} {{new_directory}}
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Create a patch file for Git from the differences of two text files, treating nonexistent files as empty:
diff --text --unified --new-file {{old_file}} {{new_file}} > {{diff.patch}}
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