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wdiff2 (1)

Name

wdiff2 - manual page for wdiff 1.2.2

Synopsis

wdiff2 [OPTION]... FILE1 FILE2

Description

WDIFF(1)                         User Commands                        WDIFF(1)



NAME
       wdiff - manual page for wdiff 1.2.2

SYNOPSIS
       wdiff2 [OPTION]... FILE1 FILE2

DESCRIPTION
       wdiff  -  Compute  word differences by internally launching `mdiff -W'.
       This program exists mainly to support the now oldish `wdiff' syntax.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are  mandatory  for  short  options
       too.

       -C, --copyright
              display copyright then exit

       -1, --no-deleted
              inhibit output of deleted words

       -2, --no-inserted
              inhibit output of inserted words

       -3, --no-common
              inhibit output of common words

       -a, --auto-pager
              automatically calls a pager

       -h, --help
              display this help then exit

       -i, --ignore-case
              fold character case while comparing

       -l, --less-mode
              variation of printer mode for "less"

       -n, --avoid-wraps
              do not extend fields through newlines

       -p, --printer
              overstrike as for printers

       -q, --quiet
              inhibit the `mdiff' call message

       -s, --statistics
              say how many words deleted, inserted etc.

       -t, --terminal
              use termcap as for terminal displays

       -v, --version
              display program version then exit

       -w, --start-delete=STRING
              string to mark beginning of delete region

       -x, --end-delete=STRING
              string to mark end of delete region

       -y, --start-insert=STRING
              string to mark beginning of insert region

       -z, --end-insert=STRING
              string to mark end of insert region

       This program also tells how `mdiff' could have been called directly.

AUTHOR
       Written by Franc,ois Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <wdiff-bugs@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
       NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR  A  PARTICULAR
       PURPOSE.


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE  |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Availability   | text/wdiff       |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Stability      | Uncommitted      |
       +---------------+------------------+

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for wdiff is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
       the info and wdiff programs are properly installed at  your  site,  the
       command

              info wdiff

       should give you access to the complete manual.



NOTES
       Source  code  for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This     software     was    built    from    source    available    at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.   The  original   community
       source                was                downloaded                from
       https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wdiff/wdiff-1.2.2.tar.gz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at https://www.gnu.org/software/wdiff.



wdiff 1.2.2                       April 2014                          WDIFF(1)