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+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.49.2.
+.TH ZDIFF "1" "January 2024" "zutils 1.13" "User Commands"
+.SH NAME
+zdiff \- decompress and compare two files line by line
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B zdiff
+[\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,file1 \/\fR[\fI\,file2\/\fR]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+zdiff compares two files and, if they differ, writes to standard output the
+differences line by line. A hyphen '\-' used as a file argument means standard
+input. If any file given is compressed, its decompressed content is used.
+zdiff is a front end to the program diff and has the limitation that messages
+from diff refer to temporary file names instead of those specified.
+.PP
+\&'zdiff \fB\-v\fR \fB\-V\fR' prints the version of the diff program used.
+.PP
+The formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip, xz, and zstd.
+.PP
+zdiff compares file1 to file2. The standard input is used only if file1 or
+file2 refers to standard input. If file2 is omitted zdiff tries to compare
+file1 with the corresponding uncompressed file (if file1 is compressed), and
+then with the corresponding compressed files of the remaining formats until
+one is found.
+.PP
+Exit status is 0 if inputs are identical, 1 if different, 2 if trouble.
+Some options only work if the diff program used supports them.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
+display this help and exit
+.TP
+\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
+output version information and exit
+.TP
+\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-text\fR
+treat all files as text
+.TP
+\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-space\-change\fR
+ignore changes in the amount of white space
+.TP
+\fB\-B\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-blank\-lines\fR
+ignore changes whose lines are all blank
+.TP
+\fB\-c\fR
+use the context output format
+.TP
+\fB\-C\fR, \fB\-\-context=\fR<n>
+same as \fB\-c\fR but use <n> lines of context
+.TP
+\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-minimal\fR
+try hard to find a smaller set of changes
+.TP
+\fB\-E\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-tab\-expansion\fR
+ignore changes due to tab expansion
+.TP
+\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-case\fR
+ignore case differences
+.TP
+\fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-format=\fR<list>
+process only the formats in <list>
+.TP
+\fB\-N\fR, \fB\-\-no\-rcfile\fR
+don't read runtime configuration file
+.TP
+\fB\-O\fR, \fB\-\-force\-format\fR=\fI\,[\/\fR<f1>][,<f2>]
+force one or both input formats
+.TP
+\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-show\-c\-function\fR
+show which C function each change is in
+.TP
+\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-brief\fR
+output only whether files differ
+.TP
+\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-report\-identical\-files\fR
+report when two files are identical
+.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\-u\fR
+use the unified output format
+.TP
+\fB\-U\fR, \fB\-\-unified=\fR<n>
+same as \fB\-u\fR but use <n> lines of context
+.TP
+\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
+verbose mode (for \fB\-\-version\fR)
+.TP
+\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-all\-space\fR
+ignore all white space
+.TP
+\fB\-W\fR, \fB\-\-width=\fR<n>
+output at most <n> print columns (for \fB\-y\fR)
+.TP
+\fB\-y\fR, \fB\-\-side\-by\-side\fR
+output in two columns
+.TP
+\fB\-\-bz2=\fR<command>
+set compressor and options for bzip2 format
+.TP
+\fB\-\-gz=\fR<command>
+set compressor and options for gzip format
+.TP
+\fB\-\-lz=\fR<command>
+set compressor and options for lzip format
+.TP
+\fB\-\-xz=\fR<command>
+set compressor and options for xz format
+.TP
+\fB\-\-zst=\fR<command>
+set compressor and options for zstd format
+.PP
+Valid formats for options '\-M' and '\-O' are 'bz2', 'gz', 'lz', 'xz', 'zst',
+and 'un' for uncompressed.
+.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
+Report bugs to zutils\-bug@nongnu.org
+.br
+Zutils home page: http://www.nongnu.org/zutils/zutils.html
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Copyright \(co 2024 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://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"
+The full documentation for
+.B zdiff
+is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
+.B info
+and
+.B zdiff
+programs are properly installed at your site, the command
+.IP
+.B info zutils
+.PP
+should give you access to the complete manual.