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Options to sdiff
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Treat all files as text and compare them line-by-line, even if they do not
appear to be text. See Binary Files and Forcing Text Comparisons .
Ignore changes in amount of whitespace. See Suppressing Differences in Blank and Tab Spacing.
Ignore changes that just insert or delete blank lines. See Suppressing Differences in Blank Lines.
Change the algorithm to perhaps find a smaller set of changes. This makes sdiff slower (sometimes much slower). See diff Performance Tradeoffs.
Use heuristics to speed handling of large files that have numerous scattered
small changes. See diff Performance Tradeoffs.
Expand tabs to spaces in the output, to preserve the alignment of tabs in the
input files. See Preserving Tabstop Alignment.
Ignore changes in case; consider uppercase and lowercase to be the same. See Suppressing Case Differences.
Ignore changes that just insert or delete lines that match regexp. See Suppressing Lines Matching a Regular Expression.
Ignore white space when comparing lines. See Suppressing Differences in Blank and Tab Spacing.
Ignore changes that just insert or delete blank lines. See Suppressing Differences in Blank Lines.
Ignore changes in case; consider uppercase and lowercase to be the same. See Suppressing Case Differences.
Ignore changes that just insert or delete lines that match regexp. See Suppressing Lines Matching a Regular Expression.
Ignore changes in amount of whitespace. See Suppressing Differences in Blank and Tab Spacing.
'--left-column'
Print only the left column of two common lines. See Controlling Side by Side Format.
Change the algorithm to perhaps find a smaller set of changes. This makes sdiff slower (sometimes much slower). See diff Performance Tradeoffs.
'--output=file'
Put merged output into file. This option is required for merging.
'--suppress-common-lines'
Do not print common lines. See Controlling Side by Side Format.
Use heuristics to speed handling of large files that have numerous scattered
small changes. See diff Performance Tradeoffs.
Expand tabs to spaces in the output, to preserve the alignment of tabs in the
input files. See Preserving Tabstop Alignment.
Treat all files as text and compare them line-by-line, even if they do not
appear to be text. See Binary Files and Forcing Text Comparisons.
'--version'
Output the version number of sdiff.
Use an output width of columns. See Controlling Side by Side Format. Note that for historical reasons, this option is '-W' indiff,'-w' in sdiff.
Ignore horizontal white space when comparing lines. See Suppressing Differences in Blank and Tab Spacing. Note that for historical reasons, this option is '-w' in diff,'-W' in sdiff.