%%name: diffutils

%%short-description: Finds differences between and among files

%%full-description: A group of utilities that displays difference
between and among text files.

'diff' outputs the difference between two files in any of several
formats. If the files are identical, it normally produces no ouput; if
they are binary (non-text) it normally reports only that they are
different.

'cmp' shows the offsets and files numbers where two files differ; it
can also show, side by side, all the characters that differ between
the two files.
 
'sdiff' merges two files interactively.

'diff3' shows differences among three files. If two people have made
independent changes to a common original, diff3 reports that
difference between the original and the two changed versions, and
can produce a merged file that contains both persons' changes along
with warnings about conflicts.       
      
%%category: editing, word-processing, development

%%license: GPL

%%maintainer: Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsum.com>

%%interface: Command line, interactive

%%updated: 28 Mar 2000

%%keywords: diff, patch, file comparison, file merging

%%programs: diff, cmp, sdiff, diff3

%%GNU: yes

%%web-page: http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/diffutils.html

%%support:

%%doc: User manual at http://www.gnu.org/manual/diffutils/index.html

%%developers: The GNU Project

%%contributors: 

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%%source: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/diffutils/diffutils-2.7.tar.gz

%%debian: http://www.debian.org/Packages/stable/base/diff.html

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%%related: wdiff

%%source-language: C

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%%version: 2.7 released 02 Oct 1994

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%%bug-list: bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org










 





