WDIFF

 

NAME

wdiff – display word differences between text files  

SYNOPSIS

wdiff [,OPTION/]… ,FILE1 FILE2/
wdiff ,-d /[,OPTION/]… [,FILE/]  

DESCRIPTION

wdiff – Compares words in two files and report differences.

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

-d, –diff-input

use single unified diff as input

-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

-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

 

COMPATIBILITY

Some options that used to provide some unique functionality are no longer recommended, but still recognized for the sake of backwards compatibility.

-K, –no-init-term

Now synonymous to –terminal, which never initializes the terminal.