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| ICDIFF(1) |
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ICDIFF(1) |
NAME¶
icdiff - terminal side-by-side colorized word diff
SYNOPSIS¶
icdiff [options] left_file right_file
DESCRIPTION¶
Show differences between files in a two column view.
OPTIONS¶
- --version
- show program's version number and exit
- -h, --help
- show this help message and exit
- --cols=COLS
- specify the width of the screen. Autodetection is Unix only
- --encoding=ENCODING
- specify the file encoding; defaults to utf8
- --head=HEAD
- consider only the first N lines of each file
- --highlight
- color by changing the background color instead of the foreground color.
Very fast, ugly, displays all changes
- -L LABELS, --label=LABELS
- override file labels with arbitrary tags. Use twice, one for each
file
- --line-numbers
- generate output with line numbers
- --no-bold
- use non-bold colors; recommended for with solarized
- --no-headers
- don't label the left and right sides with their file names
- --output-encoding=OUTPUT_ENCODING
- specify the output encoding; defaults to utf8
- --recursive
- recursively compare subdirectories
- --show-all-spaces
- color all non-matching whitespace including that which is not needed for
drawing the eye to changes. Slow, ugly, displays all changes
- --tabsize=TABSIZE
- tab stop spacing
- -u, --patch
- generate patch. This is always true, and only exists for
compatibility
- -U NUM, --unified=NUM,
--numlines=NUM
- how many lines of context to print; can't be combined with
--whole-file
- --whole-file
- show the whole file instead of just changed lines and context
