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NAMExxdiff - a graphical file comparator and merge tool
SYNOPSISxxdiff [OPTIONS] <path> <path> [<path>]
OVERVIEWxxdiff is a graphical file and directories comparison and
merge tool. It can be used for viewing the differences
between two or three files, or two directories, and can be
used to produce a merged version. The texts of the two or
three files are presented side by side with their differ-
ences highlighted with colors for easy identification.
The paths supplied on the command line identify the files
to be compared. The paths may be one of three things: a
regular file, a directory or a '-', in which case the
input for that path will be read from standard input. If
the paths are all directories, a directory diff will be
performed. If at least one path is a file or a '-', a
file diff will be performed. If there are directory names
along with file names, the basename of the file name will
be appended to the directory names to find the other files
to compare with. If there are multiple file names speci-
fied and some directories names as well, xxdiff bails out,
since it doesn't know which basename to use for the miss-
ing one.
Please consult xxdiff--help for more documentation.
OPTIONS--help Show help about options.
--help-qt
Show Qt specific options.
--help-all
Show all options.
--help-html
Output documentation in HTML.
--version, -v
Show version information and compilation options
it was built with.
DIAGNOSTICS
Returns the exit status generated by the diff command.
This is usually 0 for no differences, 1 for some differ-
ences and 2 for errors.
SEE ALSOdiff(1)COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Martin Blais
See the GNU General Public License for a full statement of
rights and permissions.
AUTHOR
Martin Blais <blais@iro.umontreal.ca>
Debian Linux package is maintained by Tomas Pospisek
<tpo_deb@sourcepole.ch>.
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