bdiff(1)                            CLIX                            bdiff(1)



  NAME

    bdiff - Compares large files

  SYNOPSIS

    bdiff file1 file2 [n] [-s]

  FLAGS

    -s   Specifies that no diagnostics are to be displayed by bdiff.  Note,
         however, that this does not suppress possible diagnostic messages
         from diff, which bdiff calls.

  DESCRIPTION

    The bdiff command compares large files.  The command is used in a manner
    similar to diff to find which lines in two files must be changed to bring
    the files into agreement.  Its purpose is to allow processing of files
    which are too large for diff.

    The file1 and file2 arguments are files to be compared.  If file1 or file2
    is -, stdin is read.

    The n argument specifies the number of line segments.  The value of n is
    3500 by default.  If the optional third argument is given and it is
    numeric, it is used as the value for n.  This is useful in those cases in
    which 3500-line segments are too large for diff, causing it to fail.

    The bdiff command ignores lines common to the beginning of both files,
    splits the remainder of each file into n-line segments, and invokes diff
    on corresponding segments.  If both optional arguments are specified, they
    must appear in the order indicated above.

    The output of bdiff is exactly that of diff, with line numbers adjusted to
    account for the segmenting of the files (that is, to make it look as if
    the files had been processed whole).  Note that because of the segmenting
    of the files, bdiff does not necessarily find a smallest sufficient set of
    file differences.

  EXAMPLES

    To compare the /tmp/foo file to the /tmp/bar file:

    bdiff /tmp/foo /tmp/bar


  DIAGNOSTICS

    Use help for explanations.




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  bdiff(1)                            CLIX                            bdiff(1)



  EXIT VALUES

    Exit values are not valid.

  RELATED INFORMATION

    Commands: diff(1), help(1)















































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