.TH cif-diff 1 "2020-11-23" "version 1.0.0" "User Commands"
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.SH NAME
cif\-diff \- A tool to compare two mmCIF files
.SH SYNOPSIS
cif\-diff [OPTION] file1 file2
.SH DESCRIPTION
The mmCIF format does not specify the order in which categories
or fields should be recorded. Using this tool, you can reorder
a second file in the same way as the first before comparing the
content making it easier to spot differences.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB--category\fR=arg
Limit the comparison to this category, default is to show differences
in all categories. This option can be specified multiple times.
.TP
\fB--max-diff-count\fR=nr
Display at most \fBnr\fR items per category. Default is 5 items, if
you specify zero the number of items will unlimited.
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This option has no effect when the \fB--text\fR option is specified.
.TP
\fB--text\fR
Default is to display the differences in some kind of summary. But if
you prefer to use a more graphical diff: this option will use vimdiff
to display the differences.
.TP
\fB--icase\fR
Pass the \fIignore case\fR option to vimdiff.
.TP
\fB--iwhite\fR
Pass the \fIignore white\fR option to vimdiff.
.TP
\fB--verbose\fR,\fB-v\fR
Be more verbose, useful to diagnose validation errors.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Maarten L. Hekkelman <maarten@hekkelman.com>
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs at https://github.com/PDB-REDO/cif-tools/issues
.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBcif-drop\fR, \fBcif-grep\fR, \fBcif-merge\fR, \fBcif-validate\fR, 
\fBcif2pdb\fR, \fBmmCQL\fR, \fBpdb2cif\fR.