9srv Manual Collection/plan9/idiff(1) 9srv Manual Collection/plan9/idiff(1)
NAME
idiff - interactive diff

SYNOPSIS
idiff [ -bw ] file1 file2

DESCRIPTION
Idiff interactively merges file1 and file2 onto standard output. Wherever file1 and file2 differ, idiff displays the differences in the style of ``diff -n'' on standard error and prompts the user to select a chunk. Valid responses are:

<
Use the chunk from file1.
>
Use the chunk from file2.
=
Use the diff output itself.
q<, q>, q=
Use the given response for all future questions.
!cmd
Execute cmd and prompt again.

Idiff invokes diff(1) to compare the files. The -b and -w flags, if passed, are passed to diff.

FILES
/tmp/idiff.*

SOURCE
/sys/src/cmd/idiff.c

SEE ALSO
diff(1)
Kernighan and Pike, The Unix Programming Environment, Prentice-Hall, 1984.

9srv Manual Collection/plan9/idiff(1) Rev:  Sun Dec 02 23:42:15 GMT 2007