bionic (1) xxdiff.1.gz

Provided by: xxdiff_4.0.1+hg487+dfsg-1_amd64 bug

NAME

       xxdiff - a graphical file comparator and merge tool

SYNOPSIS

       xxdiff [OPTIONS] <path> <path> [<path>]

OVERVIEW

       xxdiff is a graphical file and directories comparison and merge tool. It can be used for viewing the
       differences between two or three files, or two directories, and can be used to produce a merged version.
       The texts of the two or three files are presented side by side with their differences highlighted with
       colors for easy identification.

       The paths supplied on the command line identify the files to be compared.  The paths may be one of three
       things:  a regular file, a directory or a '-', in which case the input for that path will be read from
       standard input.  If the paths are all directories, a directory diff will be performed.  If at least one
       path is a file or a '-', a file diff will be performed.  If there are directory names along with file
       names, the basename of the file name will be appended to the directory names to find the other files to
       compare with.  If there are multiple file names specified and some directories names as well, xxdiff
       bails out, since it doesn't know which basename to use for the missing one.

       Please consult xxdiff --help for more documentation.

OPTIONS

       --help  Show help about options.

       --help-qt
               Show Qt specific options.

       --help-all
               Show all options.

       --help-html
               Output documentation in HTML.

       --version, -v
               Show version information and compilation options it was built with.

DIAGNOSTICS

       Returns the exit status generated by the diff command.  This is usually 0 for no differences, 1 for some
       differences and 2 for errors.

SEE ALSO

       diff(1), xxdiff-encrypted.html, xxdiff-match.html, xxdiff-cvs-diff.html, xxdiff-find-grep-sed.html,
       xxdiff-match.html

       Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003  Martin Blais

       See the GNU General Public License for a full statement of rights and permissions.

AUTHOR

       Martin Blais <blais@furius.ca>

       Debian Linux package is maintained by Tomas Pospisek <tpo_deb@sourcepole.ch>.

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