diffoscope

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Compare files, archives, and directories.

Examples (5)

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