Text processing
diff
Compares files line by line.
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Verified: 2025-09-09
Syntax
$diff [OPTIONEN] DATEI1 DATEI2
Examples
$diff datei1.txt datei2.txt
$diff -u datei1.txt datei2.txt
Typical use cases
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Standard usage
diff --help
Note
Generates patches for differences
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