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Linux / Unix main page About sdiff Compares two files, side-by-side. Syntax sdiff [ -l ] [ -s ] [ -o output ] [ -w n ] filename1 filename2
| -l | Print only the left side of any lines that are identical to. |
| -s | Just prints the lines that are different. |
| -o output | Use the argument output as the name of a third file that is created as a user-controlled merge of filename1 and filename2. Identical lines of filename1 and filename2 are copied to output. Sets of differences, as produced by diff , are printed; where a set of differences share a common gutter character. After printing each set of differences, sdiff prompts the user with a % and waits for one of the following user-typed commands:
| l | Append the left column to the output file. |
| r | Append the right column to the output
file.
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| s | Turn on silent mode; do not print identical lines. |
| v | Turn off silent mode. |
| e l | Call the editor with the left column. |
| e r | Call the editor with the right column. |
| e b | Call the editor with the concatenation of left and right. |
| e | Call the editor with a zero length file. |
| q | Exit from the program. On exit from the editor, the resulting file is concatenated to the end of the output file. |
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| -w n | Use the argument n as the width of the output line. The default line length is 130 characters. |
| filename1 | The first name of the file that you want to compare. |
| filename2 | The second name of the file that you want to compare. |
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