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.TH ICDIFF "1" "September 2019" "icdiff version 1.9.5" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
icdiff \- terminal side-by-side colorized word diff
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B icdiff
[\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,left_file right_file\/\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
Show differences between files in a two column view.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
show program's version number and exit
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
show this help message and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-cols\fR=\fI\,COLS\/\fR
specify the width of the screen. Autodetection is Unix
only
.TP
\fB\-\-encoding\fR=\fI\,ENCODING\/\fR
specify the file encoding; defaults to utf8
.TP
\fB\-E\fR MATCHER, \fB\-\-exclude\-lines\fR=\fI\,MATCHER\/\fR
Do not diff lines that match this regex. Not
compatible with the 'line\-numbers' option
.TP
\fB\-\-head\fR=\fI\,HEAD\/\fR
consider only the first N lines of each file
.TP
\fB\-H\fR, \fB\-\-highlight\fR
color by changing the background color instead of the
foreground color.  Very fast, ugly, displays all
changes
.TP
\fB\-L\fR LABELS, \fB\-\-label\fR=\fI\,LABELS\/\fR
override file labels with arbitrary tags. Use twice,
one for each file. You may include the formatting
strings '{path}' and '{basename}'
.TP
\fB\-N\fR, \fB\-\-line\-numbers\fR
generate output with line numbers. Not compatible with
the 'exclude\-lines' option.
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-bold\fR
use non\-bold colors; recommended for solarized
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-headers\fR
don't label the left and right sides with their file
names
.TP
\fB\-\-output\-encoding\fR=\fI\,OUTPUT_ENCODING\/\fR
specify the output encoding; defaults to utf8
.TP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-recursive\fR
recursively compare subdirectories
.TP
\fB\-\-show\-all\-spaces\fR
color all non\-matching whitespace including that which
is not needed for drawing the eye to changes.  Slow,
ugly, displays all changes
.TP
\fB\-\-tabsize\fR=\fI\,TABSIZE\/\fR
tab stop spacing
.TP
\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-patch\fR
generate patch. This is always true, and only exists
for compatibility
.TP
\fB\-U\fR NUM, \fB\-\-unified\fR=\fI\,NUM\/\fR, \fB\-\-numlines\fR=\fI\,NUM\/\fR
how many lines of context to print; can't be combined
with \fB\-\-whole\-file\fR
.TP
\fB\-W\fR, \fB\-\-whole\-file\fR
show the whole file instead of just changed lines and
context
.TP
\fB\-\-strip\-trailing\-cr\fR
strip any trailing carriage return at the end of an
input line
.TP
\fB\-\-color\-map\fR=\fI\,COLOR_MAP\/\fR
choose which colors are used for which items. Default
is \fB\-\-color\-map=\fR'add:green_bold,change:yellow_bold,desc
ription:blue,line\-numbers:white,meta:magenta,separator
:blue,subtract:red_bold'.  You don't have to override
all of them: '\-\-colormap=separator:white,description:cyan
.TP
\fB\-\-is\-git\-diff\fR
Show the real file name when displaying git\-diff
result