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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 19:43:11 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 19:43:11 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 4.22.0.upstream/4.22.0
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/upstream/mageia-cauldron/man1/diff.1 b/upstream/mageia-cauldron/man1/diff.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c32cbd86 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/mageia-cauldron/man1/diff.1 @@ -0,0 +1,270 @@ +.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.40.4. +.TH DIFF "1" "May 2023" "diffutils 3.10" "User Commands" +.SH NAME +diff \- compare files line by line +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B diff +[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIFILES\fR +.SH DESCRIPTION +Compare FILES line by line. +.PP +Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. +.TP +\fB\-\-normal\fR +output a normal diff (the default) +.TP +\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-brief\fR +report only when files differ +.TP +\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-report\-identical\-files\fR +report when two files are the same +.TP +\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-C\fR NUM, \fB\-\-context\fR[=\fINUM\fR] +output NUM (default 3) lines of copied context +.TP +\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-U\fR NUM, \fB\-\-unified\fR[=\fINUM\fR] +output NUM (default 3) lines of unified context +.TP +\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-ed\fR +output an ed script +.TP +\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-rcs\fR +output an RCS format diff +.TP +\fB\-y\fR, \fB\-\-side\-by\-side\fR +output in two columns +.TP +\fB\-W\fR, \fB\-\-width\fR=\fINUM\fR +output at most NUM (default 130) print columns +.TP +\fB\-\-left\-column\fR +output only the left column of common lines +.TP +\fB\-\-suppress\-common\-lines\fR +do not output common lines +.TP +\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-show\-c\-function\fR +show which C function each change is in +.TP +\fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-show\-function\-line\fR=\fIRE\fR +show the most recent line matching RE +.TP +\fB\-\-label\fR LABEL +use LABEL instead of file name and timestamp +(can be repeated) +.TP +\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-expand\-tabs\fR +expand tabs to spaces in output +.TP +\fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-initial\-tab\fR +make tabs line up by prepending a tab +.TP +\fB\-\-tabsize\fR=\fINUM\fR +tab stops every NUM (default 8) print columns +.TP +\fB\-\-suppress\-blank\-empty\fR +suppress space or tab before empty output lines +.TP +\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-paginate\fR +pass output through 'pr' to paginate it +.TP +\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-recursive\fR +recursively compare any subdirectories found +.TP +\fB\-\-no\-dereference\fR +don't follow symbolic links +.TP +\fB\-N\fR, \fB\-\-new\-file\fR +treat absent files as empty +.TP +\fB\-\-unidirectional\-new\-file\fR +treat absent first files as empty +.TP +\fB\-\-ignore\-file\-name\-case\fR +ignore case when comparing file names +.TP +\fB\-\-no\-ignore\-file\-name\-case\fR +consider case when comparing file names +.TP +\fB\-x\fR, \fB\-\-exclude\fR=\fIPAT\fR +exclude files that match PAT +.TP +\fB\-X\fR, \fB\-\-exclude\-from\fR=\fIFILE\fR +exclude files that match any pattern in FILE +.TP +\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-starting\-file\fR=\fIFILE\fR +start with FILE when comparing directories +.TP +\fB\-\-from\-file\fR=\fIFILE1\fR +compare FILE1 to all operands; +FILE1 can be a directory +.TP +\fB\-\-to\-file\fR=\fIFILE2\fR +compare all operands to FILE2; +FILE2 can be a directory +.TP +\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-case\fR +ignore case differences in file contents +.TP +\fB\-E\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-tab\-expansion\fR +ignore changes due to tab expansion +.TP +\fB\-Z\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-trailing\-space\fR +ignore white space at line end +.TP +\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-space\-change\fR +ignore changes in the amount of white space +.TP +\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-all\-space\fR +ignore all white space +.TP +\fB\-B\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-blank\-lines\fR +ignore changes where lines are all blank +.TP +\fB\-I\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-matching\-lines\fR=\fIRE\fR +ignore changes where all lines match RE +.TP +\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-text\fR +treat all files as text +.TP +\fB\-\-strip\-trailing\-cr\fR +strip trailing carriage return on input +.TP +\fB\-D\fR, \fB\-\-ifdef\fR=\fINAME\fR +output merged file with '#ifdef NAME' diffs +.TP +\fB\-\-GTYPE\-group\-format\fR=\fIGFMT\fR +format GTYPE input groups with GFMT +.TP +\fB\-\-line\-format\fR=\fILFMT\fR +format all input lines with LFMT +.TP +\fB\-\-LTYPE\-line\-format\fR=\fILFMT\fR +format LTYPE input lines with LFMT +.IP +These format options provide fine\-grained control over the output +.IP +of diff, generalizing \fB\-D\fR/\-\-ifdef. +.TP +LTYPE is 'old', 'new', or 'unchanged'. +GTYPE is LTYPE or 'changed'. +.IP +GFMT (only) may contain: +.TP +%< +lines from FILE1 +.TP +%> +lines from FILE2 +.TP +%= +lines common to FILE1 and FILE2 +.TP +%[\-][WIDTH][.[PREC]]{doxX}LETTER +printf\-style spec for LETTER +.IP +LETTERs are as follows for new group, lower case for old group: +.TP +F +first line number +.TP +L +last line number +.TP +N +number of lines = L\-F+1 +.TP +E +F\-1 +.TP +M +L+1 +.TP +%(A=B?T:E) +if A equals B then T else E +.IP +LFMT (only) may contain: +.TP +%L +contents of line +.TP +%l +contents of line, excluding any trailing newline +.TP +%[\-][WIDTH][.[PREC]]{doxX}n +printf\-style spec for input line number +.IP +Both GFMT and LFMT may contain: +.TP +%% +% +.TP +%c'C' +the single character C +.TP +%c'\eOOO' +the character with octal code OOO +.TP +C +the character C (other characters represent themselves) +.TP +\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-minimal\fR +try hard to find a smaller set of changes +.TP +\fB\-\-horizon\-lines\fR=\fINUM\fR +keep NUM lines of the common prefix and suffix +.TP +\fB\-\-speed\-large\-files\fR +assume large files and many scattered small changes +.TP +\fB\-\-color\fR[=\fIWHEN\fR] +color output; WHEN is 'never', 'always', or 'auto'; +plain \fB\-\-color\fR means \fB\-\-color=\fR'auto' +.TP +\fB\-\-palette\fR=\fIPALETTE\fR +the colors to use when \fB\-\-color\fR is active; PALETTE is +a colon\-separated list of terminfo capabilities +.TP +\fB\-\-help\fR +display this help and exit +.TP +\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR +output version information and exit +.PP +FILES are 'FILE1 FILE2' or 'DIR1 DIR2' or 'DIR FILE' or 'FILE DIR'. +If \fB\-\-from\-file\fR or \fB\-\-to\-file\fR is given, there are no restrictions on FILE(s). +If a FILE is '\-', read standard input. +Exit status is 0 if inputs are the same, 1 if different, 2 if trouble. +.SH AUTHOR +Written by Paul Eggert, Mike Haertel, David Hayes, +Richard Stallman, and Len Tower. +.SH "REPORTING BUGS" +Report bugs to: bug\-diffutils@gnu.org +.br +GNU diffutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/> +.br +General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/> +.SH COPYRIGHT +Copyright \(co 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. +.br +This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. +There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR wdiff (1), +.BR cmp (1), +.BR diff3 (1), +.BR sdiff (1), +.BR patch (1) +.PP +The full documentation for +.B diff +is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the +.B info +and +.B diff +programs are properly installed at your site, the command +.IP +.B info diff +.PP +should give you access to the complete manual. |