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-.\" $NetBSD: diff.1,v 1.1.1.1 2003/01/26 00:43:17 wiz Exp $
-.\"
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.27.
-.TH DIFF "1" "April 2002" "diffutils 2.8.1" "User Commands"
-.SH NAME
-diff \- compare files line by line
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B diff
-[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIFILES\fR
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-Compare files line by line.
-.TP
-\fB\-i\fR \fB\-\-ignore\-case\fR
-Ignore case differences in file contents.
-.TP
-\fB\-\-ignore\-file\-name\-case\fR
-Ignore case when comparing file names.
-.TP
-\fB\-\-no\-ignore\-file\-name\-case\fR
-Consider case when comparing file names.
-.TP
-\fB\-E\fR \fB\-\-ignore\-tab\-expansion\fR
-Ignore changes due to tab expansion.
-.TP
-\fB\-b\fR \fB\-\-ignore\-space\-change\fR
-Ignore changes in the amount of white space.
-.TP
-\fB\-w\fR \fB\-\-ignore\-all\-space\fR
-Ignore all white space.
-.TP
-\fB\-B\fR \fB\-\-ignore\-blank\-lines\fR
-Ignore changes whose lines are all blank.
-.TP
-\fB\-I\fR RE \fB\-\-ignore\-matching\-lines\fR=\fIRE\fR
-Ignore changes whose lines all match RE.
-.TP
-\fB\-\-strip\-trailing\-cr\fR
-Strip trailing carriage return on input.
-.TP
-\fB\-a\fR \fB\-\-text\fR
-Treat all files as text.
-.TP
-\fB\-c\fR \fB\-C\fR NUM \fB\-\-context\fR[=\fINUM\fR]
-Output NUM (default 3) lines of copied context.
-.TP
-\fB\-u\fR \fB\-U\fR NUM \fB\-\-unified\fR[=\fINUM\fR]
-Output NUM (default 3) lines of unified context.
-.TP
-\fB\-\-label\fR LABEL
-Use LABEL instead of file name.
-.TP
-\fB\-p\fR \fB\-\-show\-c\-function\fR
-Show which C function each change is in.
-.TP
-\fB\-F\fR RE \fB\-\-show\-function\-line\fR=\fIRE\fR
-Show the most recent line matching RE.
-.TP
-\fB\-q\fR \fB\-\-brief\fR
-Output only whether files differ.
-.TP
-\fB\-e\fR \fB\-\-ed\fR
-Output an ed script.
-.TP
-\fB\-\-normal\fR
-Output a normal diff.
-.TP
-\fB\-n\fR \fB\-\-rcs\fR
-Output an RCS format diff.
-.TP
-\fB\-y\fR \fB\-\-side\-by\-side\fR
-Output in two columns.
-.TP
-\fB\-W\fR NUM \fB\-\-width\fR=\fINUM\fR
-Output at most NUM (default 130) print columns.
-.TP
-\fB\-\-left\-column\fR
-Output only the left column of common lines.
-.TP
-\fB\-\-suppress\-common\-lines\fR
-Do not output common lines.
-.TP
-\fB\-D\fR NAME \fB\-\-ifdef\fR=\fINAME\fR
-Output merged file to show `#ifdef NAME' diffs.
-.TP
-\fB\-\-GTYPE\-group\-format\fR=\fIGFMT\fR
-Similar, but format GTYPE input groups with GFMT.
-.TP
-\fB\-\-line\-format\fR=\fILFMT\fR
-Similar, but format all input lines with LFMT.
-.TP
-\fB\-\-LTYPE\-line\-format\fR=\fILFMT\fR
-Similar, but format LTYPE input lines with LFMT.
-.TP
-LTYPE is `old', `new', or `unchanged'.
-GTYPE is LTYPE or `changed'.
-.IP
-GFMT may contain:
-.TP
-%<
-lines from FILE1
-.TP
-%>
-lines from FILE2
-.TP
-%=
-lines common to FILE1 and FILE2
-.TP
-%[-][WIDTH][.[PREC]]{doxX}LETTER
-printf-style spec for LETTER
-.IP
-LETTERs are as follows for new group, lower case for old group:
-.TP
-F
-first line number
-.TP
-L
-last line number
-.TP
-N
-number of lines = L-F+1
-.TP
-E
-F-1
-.TP
-M
-L+1
-.IP
-LFMT may contain:
-.TP
-%L
-contents of line
-.TP
-%l
-contents of line, excluding any trailing newline
-.TP
-%[-][WIDTH][.[PREC]]{doxX}n
-printf-style spec for input line number
-.IP
-Either GFMT or LFMT may contain:
-.TP
-%%
-%
-.TP
-%c'C'
-the single character C
-.TP
-%c'\eOOO'
-the character with octal code OOO
-.TP
-\fB\-l\fR \fB\-\-paginate\fR
-Pass the output through `pr' to paginate it.
-.TP
-\fB\-t\fR \fB\-\-expand\-tabs\fR
-Expand tabs to spaces in output.
-.TP
-\fB\-T\fR \fB\-\-initial\-tab\fR
-Make tabs line up by prepending a tab.
-.TP
-\fB\-r\fR \fB\-\-recursive\fR
-Recursively compare any subdirectories found.
-.TP
-\fB\-N\fR \fB\-\-new\-file\fR
-Treat absent files as empty.
-.TP
-\fB\-\-unidirectional\-new\-file\fR
-Treat absent first files as empty.
-.TP
-\fB\-s\fR \fB\-\-report\-identical\-files\fR
-Report when two files are the same.
-.TP
-\fB\-x\fR PAT \fB\-\-exclude\fR=\fIPAT\fR
-Exclude files that match PAT.
-.TP
-\fB\-X\fR FILE \fB\-\-exclude\-from\fR=\fIFILE\fR
-Exclude files that match any pattern in FILE.
-.TP
-\fB\-S\fR FILE \fB\-\-starting\-file\fR=\fIFILE\fR
-Start with FILE when comparing directories.
-.TP
-\fB\-\-from\-file\fR=\fIFILE1\fR
-Compare FILE1 to all operands. FILE1 can be a directory.
-.TP
-\fB\-\-to\-file\fR=\fIFILE2\fR
-Compare all operands to FILE2. FILE2 can be a directory.
-.TP
-\fB\-\-horizon\-lines\fR=\fINUM\fR
-Keep NUM lines of the common prefix and suffix.
-.TP
-\fB\-d\fR \fB\-\-minimal\fR
-Try hard to find a smaller set of changes.
-.TP
-\fB\-\-speed\-large\-files\fR
-Assume large files and many scattered small changes.
-.TP
-\fB\-v\fR \fB\-\-version\fR
-Output version info.
-.TP
-\fB\-\-help\fR
-Output this help.
-.PP
-FILES are `FILE1 FILE2' or `DIR1 DIR2' or `DIR FILE...' or `FILE... DIR'.
-If \fB\-\-from\-file\fR or \fB\-\-to\-file\fR is given, there are no restrictions on FILES.
-If a FILE is `-', read standard input.
-.SH AUTHOR
-Written by Paul Eggert, Mike Haertel, David Hayes,
-Richard Stallman, and Len Tower.
-.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
-Report bugs to <bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org>.
-.SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright \(co 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-.PP
-This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
-You may redistribute copies of this program
-under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
-For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING.
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-The full documentation for
-.B diff
-is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
-.B info
-and
-.B diff
-programs are properly installed at your site, the command
-.IP
-.B info diff
-.PP
-should give you access to the complete manual.