NAME
xxdiff - a graphical file comparator and merge tool
SYNOPSIS
xxdiff [OPTIONS] <path> <path> [<path>]
OVERVIEW
xxdiff is a graphical file and directories comparison and merge tool.
It can be used for viewing the differences between two or three files,
or two directories, and can be used to produce a merged version. The
texts of the two or three files are presented side by side with their
differences highlighted with colors for easy identification.
The paths supplied on the command line identify the files to be
compared. The paths may be one of three things: a regular file, a
directory or a ’-’, in which case the input for that path will be read
from standard input. If the paths are all directories, a directory
diff will be performed. If at least one path is a file or a ’-’, a
file diff will be performed. If there are directory names along with
file names, the basename of the file name will be appended to the
directory names to find the other files to compare with. If there are
multiple file names specified and some directories names as well,
xxdiff bails out, since it doesn’t know which basename to use for the
missing one.
Please consult xxdiff --help for more documentation.
OPTIONS
--help Show help about options.
--help-qt
Show Qt specific options.
--help-all
Show all options.
--help-html
Output documentation in HTML.
--version, -v
Show version information and compilation options it was built
with.
DIAGNOSTICS
Returns the exit status generated by the diff command. This is usually
0 for no differences, 1 for some differences and 2 for errors.
SEE ALSO
diff(1), xxdiff-encrypted.html, xxdiff-match.html,
xxdiff-cvs-diff.html, xxdiff-find-grep-sed.html, xxdiff-match.html
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 Martin Blais
See the GNU General Public License for a full statement of rights and
permissions.
AUTHOR
Martin Blais <blais@furius.ca>
Debian Linux package is maintained by Tomas Pospisek
<tpo_deb@sourcepole.ch>.