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2.TH DIFF "1" "April 2002" "diffutils 2.8.1" "User Commands"
3.SH NAME
4diff \- compare files line by line
5.SH SYNOPSIS
6.B diff
7[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIFILES\fR
8.SH DESCRIPTION
9Compare files line by line.
10.TP
11\fB\-i\fR \fB\-\-ignore\-case\fR
12Ignore case differences in file contents.
13.TP
14\fB\-\-ignore\-file\-name\-case\fR
15Ignore case when comparing file names.
16.TP
17\fB\-\-no\-ignore\-file\-name\-case\fR
18Consider case when comparing file names.
19.TP
20\fB\-E\fR \fB\-\-ignore\-tab\-expansion\fR
21Ignore changes due to tab expansion.
22.TP
23\fB\-b\fR \fB\-\-ignore\-space\-change\fR
24Ignore changes in the amount of white space.
25.TP
26\fB\-w\fR \fB\-\-ignore\-all\-space\fR
27Ignore all white space.
28.TP
29\fB\-B\fR \fB\-\-ignore\-blank\-lines\fR
30Ignore changes whose lines are all blank.
31.TP
32\fB\-I\fR RE \fB\-\-ignore\-matching\-lines\fR=\fIRE\fR
33Ignore changes whose lines all match RE.
34.TP
35\fB\-\-strip\-trailing\-cr\fR
36Strip trailing carriage return on input.
37.TP
38\fB\-a\fR \fB\-\-text\fR
39Treat all files as text.
40.TP
41\fB\-c\fR \fB\-C\fR NUM \fB\-\-context\fR[=\fINUM\fR]
42Output NUM (default 3) lines of copied context.