sdiff

all

Compare the differences between and optionally merge 2 files.

Options (4)

-W, --ignore-all-spaceboolean

Compare 2 files, ignoring all tabs and whitespace

Example: sdiff {{[-W|--ignore-all-space]}} {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}

-Z, --ignore-trailing-spaceboolean

Compare 2 files, ignoring whitespace at the end of lines

Example: sdiff {{[-Z|--ignore-trailing-space]}} {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}

-i, --ignore-caseboolean

Compare 2 files in a case-insensitive manner

Example: sdiff {{[-i|--ignore-case]}} {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}

-o, --outputboolean

Compare and then merge, writing the output to a new file

Example: sdiff {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/merged_file}} {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}

Compare 2 files

sdiff path/to/file1 path/to/file2

Compare 2 files, ignoring all tabs and whitespace

sdiff [-W|--ignore-all-space] path/to/file1 path/to/file2

Compare 2 files, ignoring whitespace at the end of lines

sdiff [-Z|--ignore-trailing-space] path/to/file1 path/to/file2

Compare 2 files in a case-insensitive manner

sdiff [-i|--ignore-case] path/to/file1 path/to/file2

Compare and then merge, writing the output to a new file

sdiff [-o|--output] path/to/merged_file path/to/file1 path/to/file2