diffoscope

Compare files, archives, and directories. More information: https://diffoscope.org.

• Compare two files:
  diffoscope {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}
• Compare two files without displaying a progress bar:
  diffoscope --no-progress {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}
• Compare two files and write an HTML-report to a file (use - for stdout):
  diffoscope --html {{path/to/outfile|-}} {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}
• Compare two directories excluding files with a name matching a specified pattern:
  diffoscope --exclude {{pattern}} {{path/to/directory1}} {{path/to/directory2}}
• Compare two directories and control whether directory metadata is considered:
  diffoscope --exclude-directory-metadata {{auto|yes|no|recursive}} {{path/to/directory1}} {{path/to/directory2}}