sdiff(1)                                                 sdiff(1)



NAME
     sdiff - reports side-by-side differences between  two  files
     in a side-by-side format

SYNOPSIS
     sdiff [-l] [-o output] [-s] [-w cols] file1 file2

ARGUMENTS
     file1
          Specifies the file to be compared with file2.

     file2
          Specifies the file to be compared with file1.

     -l   Prints only the left side of any lines that are
          identical.

     -o output
          Specifies output as the name of a third file that is
          created as a user controlled merging of file1 and
          file2.  Identical lines of file1 and file2 are copied
          to output.

     -s   Does not print identical lines.

     -w cols
          Specifies cols, as the width of the output line.  The
          default line length is 130 characters.  The width must
          be between 20 and 200.

DESCRIPTION
     sdiff uses the output of diff to produce a side-by-side
     listing of two files indicating those lines that are
     different.  Each line of the two files is printed with a
     blank gutter between them if the lines are identical, a < in
     the gutter if the line only exists in file1, a > in the
     gutter if the line only exists in file2, and a | for lines
     that are different.

     Sets of differences, as produced by diff(1), are printed; a
     set of differences share a common gutter character.  After
     printing each set of differences, sdiff prompts the user
     with a % and waits for one of the following user-typed
     commands:

          l    appends the left column to the output file

          r    appends the right column to the output file

          s    turns on silent mode; does not print identical
               lines




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          v    turns off silent mode

          e l  calls the editor with the left column

          e r  calls the editor with the right column

          e b  calls the editor with the concatenation of left
               and right

          e    calls the editor with a zero length file

          q    exits from the program

     On exit from the editor, the resulting file is concatenated
     on the end of the output file.

EXAMPLES
     If file1 contains:

        x
        a
        b
        c
        d

     and file2 contains:

        y
        a
        d
        c

     then the command:

        sdiff file1 file2

     would print:

        x    |    y
        a         a
        b    <
        c    <
        d         d
             >    c


FILES
     /usr/bin/sdiff
          Executable file






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SEE ALSO
     bdiff(1), diff(1), ed(1), sccsdiff(1)





















































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